Patent ID: 8377314

Claim:
A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of use proximate a consumer and outside of a water distribution system of the water system operator, comprising: collecting water quality data at the point of use proximate the consumer and outside of the water distribution system of the water system operator; by installing one or more water filter/purification housing, the housing containing monitoring equipment comprising a plurality of sensors for monitoring the water quality data for water supplied to the housing; the monitoring equipment adapted to communicate the water quality data to a distributor; said water filter/purification housing containing disposable, customized filters proximate a consumer's point-of-use, the customized filters selected according to the water quality data; treating water with said customized filters; predicting a time for a consumer to change said customized filters from the water quality data; and receiving replacement customized filters from the distributor.