My wife was worried about lead in our water since 80% of homes in Chicago still have lead pipes coming from the water main into the home. (Our house is less than 20 years old, and I checked in our basement and saw a copper pipe, so I think we're OK, but you never know what's going the rest of the way to the main.)

So we got the ZeroWater, which advertises lead removal. The pitcher comes with a Total Dissolved Solids meter so you can know when to change it. According to this chart, for most tap water you will get about 25 to 40 gallons of filtered water per filter.

I just checked, and their filters cost as low as ~$13 each if you buy the 16-pack. For the 6-pack, its about $15 per filter.

https://zerowater.com

They should pay me an ad fee.

By the way, the filter he wasn't sure was still available, the AquaPail, I found easily on Amazon.