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Voyager
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Initially Posted - 08/19/2015 :  04:19:35  Show Profile
The local drinking water at the marina has a chlorine taste especially this late in the season - the supplier adds more due to warmer waters. At home I use a carbon filter gizmo (Pur, Brita, etc) but that uses water pressure to force it through the filter.
Does anybody know of a hand pump-type water purifier I can install on the boat to provide a cup at a time?
Bruce Ross
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Response Posted - 08/19/2015 :  06:26:25  Show Profile
I use an in-line filter on the hose when we fill the potable water tank. I get them at the RV supply store. When you connect the hose run some water through it to purge before filling the tank. I use bleach to sanitize the hose, tank and system on the boat once a year. You can use a drill motor pump to empty the water tank after you sanitize it so you don't have to pump all of it through the faucets. I do two clear water rinses after the bleach treatment.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 08/19/2015 :  09:24:41  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
I've got one of these Sawyer Water Filters. It may be too slow for what you're looking for, but if you only use it for drinking water you should be fine. They also make much larger ones that'll work faster. The one I've got is good for 100k (not a typo) gallons of water. You can get them from Walmart for about $18 as I recall.
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Response Posted - 08/19/2015 :  09:45:06  Show Profile
Bruce,
There are Brita filters that sit in a jug and are gravity-fed:

Brita pitcher
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islander
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Response Posted - 08/19/2015 :  11:08:16  Show Profile
To remove the chlorine taste you need a carbon/charcoal type of filter. The Sawyer filter is more for removing impurity's from raw water like lakes or streams but won't do anything for the chlorine removal. We just bring Bottled water with us but if your looking to drink the water from the boat tank that is filled from the municipal water supply but is heavy on the chlorine I would look into just installing an inline charcoal filter in the hose under the sink. maybe an inline filter for an ice maker. I know that in my Marina the water tastes awful. Look around and you might see that most of a Marinas plumbing is with lawn sprinkler plastic pipes and more flexible hoses running under the docks.Easy to blow out when the freeze comes.You could be tasting that plus the normal chlorine from the municipal water. I just don't see why any Marina would tamper with the water by adding chlorine. Cost/risk.
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 08/19/2015 :  16:47:23  Show Profile
White pvc pipe is generally not for potable water. Be sure of what you're filling with before adding the charcoal filter. We also just keep a case of bottled water for drinking and brushing teeth.

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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/22/2015 :  09:05:30  Show Profile
Because I'm out on a floating dock I have to dinghy out to, I prefer not to fill bottles at home, carry them out to the marina and lug them in the dink.
I can also sail back to the fixed dock and fill the jugs with marina water and have done so for washing, rinsing the deck and utility. But if I could get acceptable drinking water filtering the marina water, that would save some lugging.
I can get a Pur or Brita pitcher but where do I keep it? The polycarbonate will break when it hits the floor.
I can create a gizmo with a 2.5 gallon HDPE spring water jug, some hose and fittings, an inline Pur-type charcoal filter and a Whale pump handle mounted in the galley sink. I just thought that such a thing might already exist and was ready to install.
But there ain't much to it but to do it! Good rainy day project.
But that doesn't answer the PVC pipe question.
Guess I can just keep buying my 2.5 gallon spring water jugs.
Bruce Ross
Passage ~ SR-FK ~ C25 #5032

Port Captain — Milford, CT
Edited by - Voyager on 08/22/2015 09:16:32
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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 08/26/2015 :  18:12:56  Show Profile
P/S just did a 2 part series on water filtration, both filling the tank and drinking.

Dave B. aboard Pearl
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/30/2015 :  06:00:59  Show Profile
Nice! Any major headlines about drinking water systems? I used to subscribe but they got funky with my credit card...
Bruce Ross
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 08/30/2015 :  06:07:41  Show Profile
What I'm doing now is using a pitcher-style thing at home and filling several 2 liter bottles for drinking water. It tastes just about the same as spring water so that should do it without having to bring the pitcher on board. I find on busy weekends we drink 3-4 Liters in coffee, water or mixing. The bottles fit right in the cooler with space for ice so they'll keep cold all day.
Bruce Ross
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