Abstract: A method and a device for the treatment of water. The device has a housing comprising an inlet for receiving and an outlet for discharging a volume of water; a first filter media, positioned within the housing comprising an acidic cation exchange resin capable of exchanging at least a portion of metal cations in the volume of water with non-metal cations such that the volume of water exiting the first filter media is reduced in metal cation content; and a second filter media positioned within the housing comprising a weakly basic anion exchange resin capable of exchanging at least a portion of the basic anions in the volume of water, where the first filter media or the second filter media are optionally mixed with a particulate activated carbon. Methods of treating water using the device are disclosed and described.