Gravity fluid/water filter engine system

A gravity-driven water filtering system comprising:

• a universal water filter comprising:
• at least one gravity-driven water filter media;
• a housing having an interior, a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one perimeter wall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface wherein the top surface is planar and has a plurality of untreated water inlet apertures configured to allow untreated water to to enter the interior of the housing by the force of gravity and into contact with the at least one gravity-driven water filter media spaced within the interior of the housing;
• and wherein the bottom surface is planar and has a plurality of treated water outlet apertures configured to deliver treated water therefrom;
• a plurality of differently sized fluid dispensing adapters each comprising an universal water filter engagement location and a sloped and contoured untreated water receiving portion, which is different for each adapter, and spaced above the universal water filter engagement location of the universal fluid filter and wherein the sloped and contoured untreated water receiving portion configured to engage a perimeter of the fluid receiving aperture of a given vessel;
• and
• wherein a top of the sloped and contoured fluid receiving portion is wider than the engagement location and the sloped and contoured fluid portion is a curvilinear exterior surface of the adapter;
• and
• wherein the at least one gravity-driven filter media is configured to treat water at a rate of at least about two liters per minute while removing at least chlorine odor and chlorine taste components from the water.

A method of using the gravity-driven water filtering system that includes a universal water filter to treat untreated water and deliver treated water to the interior of a plurality of different vessels with intake apertures of at least two different sizes comprising the steps of:

• engaging a first adapter with a first vessel inlet of a first vessel;
• engaging a second adapter with a second vessel inlet of a second vessel;
• engaging a universal water filter with the first adapter;
• treating water by adding untreated water to the sloped and contoured untreated water receiving portion of the first adapter and allowing the untreated water to be treated by the at least one gravity-driven water filter media and into the first vessel's interior as gravity pulls the untreated water through the universal water filter and out the treated water outlet apertures of the first adapter;
• disengaging the universal water filter from the first adapter;
• engaging the universal water with the second adapter;
• and
• treating water by adding untreated water to the sloped and contoured untreated water receiving portion of the second adapter and allowing the untreated water to be treated by the at least one gravity-driven water filter media and into the second vessel's interior as gravity pulls the untreated water through the universal water filter and out the treated water outlet apertures of the second adapter;
• and
• wherein the universal water filter comprises:
• at least one gravity-driven water filter media;
• a housing having an interior, a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one perimeter wall extending between the top surface and the bottom surface wherein the top surface is planar and has a plurality of untreated water inlet apertures configured to allow untreated water to to enter the interior of the housing by the force of gravity and into contact with the at least one gravity-driven water filter media spaced within the interior of the housing;
• and wherein the bottom surface is planar and has a plurality of treated water outlet apertures configured to deliver treated water therefrom.