8 Ways to Purify Water for Your Off-Grid Home

To produce water that is safe to drink, you must remove any sediment, metals, and chemicals. Then any bacteria and viruses must be killed. To do this, you can use two or three of these methods:
 

• Reverse osmosis 
• Whole-house
• UV light 
• Solar purification
• Boiling 
• Distillation
• Chlorination
• Slow sand filtration

You can use all these methods in your home, but they each have their pros and cons. The best way to have an adequate water cleaning system is to pick those that suits you best.

You may need to use more than one method to produce water that is free from sediment, chemicals, metals, bacteria, and viruses.