Ceramic Clay Pot Filters

Water poured into a ceramic pot filter percolates through the pot material and is collected in a second container.

Ceramic clay pot filters.

A ceramic pot filter consists of a flowerpot shaped pot made from a porous ceramic material. Colloidal silver is sometimes added to the clay mixture before firing or applied to the fired ceramic pot. Ceramic pot filters are usually made from clay mixed with a combustible material like sawdust or rice husks. The filter is flowerpot shaped holds about 8 10 liters of water and sits inside a plastic or ceramic receptacle.

The clay will need to be soaked in water before it can actually filter anything otherwise your first attempts at filtering water through will just be soaked into the body of the ceramic. Colloidal silver is sometimes added to the clay mixture before firing or applied to the fired ceramic pot. The past decade ceramic pot filters have demonstrated the capacity to achieve high log 10 reduction values lrvs for pathogenic indicator organisms like e. Ceramic pot filters are locally produced in over 35 factories around the world with locally available resources such as clay and rice husk rayner et al 2013 soppe et al 2015.