Emergency Preparedness Journal

Maximizing the Use of a Berkey Water Filter Floor Stand

berkey water filter floor stand

One effective strategy for prepping is investing in items that will both benefit everyday life and serve as emergency supplies, like a Berkey water filter. Such filters remove pathogens, herbicides, pesticides and pharmaceuticals while costing much less over time than store filters.

Easy to Assemble

Introducing Berkey systems into your family life for cost-efficient drinking water solutions is an efficient and simple solution that provides clean drinking water without breaking the bank. These gravity water filters can filter ordinary tap water as well as raw, untreated pond or stream water without electricity usage – perfect for emergency preparedness and outdoor camping!

Berkey systems are simple to maintain; all they require is minimal upkeep to keep working well. Their filters can easily be cleaned–simply run them under hot running water for a few minutes before rinsing and priming as necessary.

Black Berkey elements effectively remove contaminants like trihalomethanes, heavy metals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, VOCs and radiologicals. You can even add fluoride filters that reduce an harmful form of fluoride that has been known to interfere with thyroid hormones in children – helping you protect your family against its negative impacts while providing essential nutrition.

Easy to Clean

Berkey water filters are among the easiest filters to maintain and clean. Regular maintenance cleaning of both Black Berkey Elements (including optional add-on fluoride filters) as well as their stainless steel upper/lower chambers, lid, and spigot can significantly decrease maintenance time and effort required.

Filtration systems can be disassembled for thorough cleaning. Use a sponge or walnut scrubber to scrub black filters before rinsing them with cold running water before leaving to dry completely before reassembling.

As part of your routine maintenance routine, it is recommended to regularly inspect and replace spigot washers and blocking plugs to maintain sanitary conditions at your spigot, prevent leaks and extend its life for years of optimal performance! Doing this will extend its longevity!

Easy to Store

Each Berkey water filter stand is handcrafted by artisans using natural wood grain variations for unique looks that may differ between products. As a result, color and finish may also differ between each one.

Clean filtered water sits in the lower half of a stainless steel container while its spigot sits atop. Unfortunately, this makes it hard to determine how much is available without taking some additional steps like taking apart and looking down into its lower chamber.

Regular cleaning of Black Berkey Elements and Spigot is essential to optimal performance of this system. For thorough cleansing, scrub your system using a mildly abrasive sponge (3M Scotch Brite pad), under cool running water with running cool water, then rinse. This also extends filter life while maintaining their ability to remove E. coli, Chlorine, Chloramines, Heavy Metals, Pharmaceuticals, Pesticides Herbicides Volatile Organic Compounds VOC’s Petroleum Contaminants Bisphenol-A BPA Perfluorinated Chemicals etc – to name just some contaminants!

Easy to Maintain

An effective prepper searches for gear that is both straightforward and adaptable – such as the Berkey water filter – for everyday life as well as emergencies. It fulfills these criteria nicely.

Fluoride, a known endocrine disrupter that interacts with iodine to interfere with thyroid functioning, and Glyphosate are two known carcinogenic agents found in soil that are used as an herbicide on food crops are both removed through this treatment process.

This Berkey stand raises your Berkey six inches off the counter for extra room to fit cups or glasses underneath its spigot and save counter space. Equipped with rubberized feet made of non-marking material bonded directly onto its base for extra durability and stability. Made in America of hand-cut wood that exhibits unique variations. Create space while adding style with this stylish tall floor stand.


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