Household Water Treatment

Authors: Kathleen Parrott, Extension Specialist, Housing; Blake Ross, Extension Specialist, Biological Systems Engineering; and Janice Woodard, Retired Extension Specialist, Home Management and Equipment, Virginia Tech

Publication Number 356-481, posted May 1999

Figure 1. Activated Charcoal Filter

Water passes between inner and outer cylinders, then through cellulose fibers.

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