I live near a huge highway construction project, and about once a month they break the water main, meaning we get a boil water notice for ~48h.
I have a Culligan water filter that runs to a spout on my sink, and one that’s on our ice maker, but we use the level 1 canisters to remove the taste from the water. These canisters are good for about 6 months of regular use (ice maker is about a year).
During the boil water notice, the level 1 filters aren’t sufficient to filter out bacteria and such, so I’d need a level 3 filter for that. But, those are expensive and only good for about 2 months, so I don’t want to exclusively use them.
I’d like to have one in storage that I can throw on when we have a main break, but I’m not sure the best way to store it. It’s not super easy to drain the water out of the canisters.
Edit: While I appreciate the thought, I’m not interested in alternatives to my setup. I like my countertop water dispenser, and I’m looking for a way to keep my current QoL during an outage with the least amount of trouble.
If microbes are the concern then A UV system is going to be a whole lot cheaper in the long run. The UV bulbs in those are usually rated for 1 year of continuous use and if you only run it when there is a boil warning then it’ll last much longer than that. It looks like one of those will run you right about $100 which pays for itself pretty quick when compared to the cost of the more expensive filters.
I’m not going to buy a UV system that’s only useful like 3 weeks a year tops. Plus, microbes aren’t the only concern, they’re just the one my filter doesn’t cover.
But you said that for 2 days a month you have this problem that you started this topic over?
2 days a month x 12 months = 24 days, which is just over 3 weeks a year lol