The pH of water that’s been through a (modern) ion-exchange filter tends to be slightly acidic. The water in the glass was filtered using my Brita water filter and tested immediately. You can see it has a pH of about 5.

While Brita filters do not make water Alkaline, they do an awful lot in the way of making safer, more desirable drinking water. Brita currently produces five filters that are all aimed at removing toxins and metals from water.

between 6.5 to 8.5
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recommends that the pH level of water sources should be at a pH measurement level between 6.5 to 8.5 on a scale that ranges from 0 to 14. The best pH of drinking water sits right in the middle at a 7.

Do water filters lower pH? Most filters and purifiers have no effect whatsoever on pH. But there are 2 water purification systems that can lower the pH of water.

6.5 to 8.5
pH isn’t a quality that falls under EPA regulation because it’s considered an aesthetic quality of water. However, the agency recommends that municipal drinking water suppliers keep their water supply at a pH of 6.5 to 8.5.

Although a Brita filter you buy at a local drugstore will not change your water’s alkalinity by itself, you can change the pH level by using certain types of filters. According to Brita’s website, the pH value of the water — which may range from 6.5 to 8.5 — is determined by the tap water’s pH before it is filtered.

pH isn’t a quality that falls under EPA regulation because it’s considered an aesthetic quality of water. However, the agency recommends that municipal drinking water suppliers keep their water supply at a pH of 6.5 to 8.5.

7.4
My findings were astonishing. A neutral or slightly higher PH is better. Enamel will begin to breakdown at a PH of 5.5, The root surface (dentin) begins to break down at a PH of 6.5….The Experiment.

Brita pitcher filters do not technically filter water; rather, they improve the taste of tap water by reducing metals and additional chemicals. Brita filters do not remove microbial elements but are effective in making tap water much healthier and palatable. The company lists clear guidelines on filter replacement.

Brita’s faucet filtration filters about 30 substances including asbestos, cloudy soil runoff (aka turbidity), benzene and trihalomethanes (THMs, the carcinogenic by-products of water disinfection), 2,4-D, carbofuran, styrene , toluene , VOCs and, yes, lead.

It’s not unhealthy to drink Brita filtered water, but it’s not as healthy as other more effective water filters. Brita and other large water filter brands remove only 6-8 contaminants and mostly focus on removing chlorine.

Brita does a good job at removing chlorine, but Brita doesn’t filter chloramine which is a type of chlorine disinfectant. The filter doesn’t let the water stay on the filter media long enough to remove it.