Save pitcher filters, what filters chemicals and metals from water, for separated British taps without space around it?
For their long-term travel in the UK, my grandparents are staying in older hotels where staff have warned them to boil and filter tap water before drinking. The difficulty is that each of their rooms (so far) contain only 2 water sources ─ 1 showerhead and 1 set of separated taps as follows ─ but the red space between the taps is always too narrow and tiny to support anything, much less a water filter.
They will boil the water with their kettle to kill antigens ─ thus the water filter does NOT need to do this. But what removeable water filter can they use to filter out 1-4 and 6 underneath, because pitcher filters cannot do so?
- Toxic metals (Lead, Mercury, Aluminium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, etc.)
- Additives (Chlorine, Chloramines, Fluoride) Chlorination
- By-Products (Trihalomethanes or THMs)
- VOCs and other Organic Compounds (Pesticides, Herbicides, Pharmaceuticals, Fuels)
- Bacteria and viruses (Giardia, Cryptosporidium, etc.)
Best Answer
Mains water in the UK is safe to drink. Rather than an amateur attempt to purify water that's been through some ancient plumbing system, the way to get safe drinking water in the UK is to get mains water.
The simplest solution is to buy one or two bottles of water (which should cost less than £1), and after using them ask the hotel staff to fill them from the kitchen or bar tap. Any establishment selling alcoholic drinks is obliged to provide tap water for free, and even if it doesn't have a bar I would expect a hotel to be willing to fill up an empty bottle for you. (Or take the kettle and ask them to fill that.)
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