The Berkey water purification system utilizes gravity filtration technology to eliminate harmful bacteria, chemicals, toxins and heavy metals while leaving behind beneficial minerals for consumption – making it ideal for everyday use or environments lacking electricity or access to treated water supplies.
Black Berkey elements have been tested and shown to effectively eliminate or significantly reduce over 200 common contaminants from drinking water, including:
Eliminate Bacteria and Viruses
Black Berkey water filters go beyond simply filtering out chlorine, taste, and odor to provide purer drinking water by scientifically testing their elements in independent state and EPA-accredited laboratories to remove over 200 harmful contaminants like pathogenic bacteria and cysts (reducing them by 99.9%), harmful chemicals (including herbicides and pesticides), pharmaceuticals, solvents detergents toxins cloudiness sediment heavy metals that contribute to disease as well as even ionic minerals that could exacerbate health conditions.
Black Berkey filters have also proven successful at eliminating over 75% of Glyphosate, an extremely toxic weed killer chemical which enters tap water through soil erosion and agricultural runoff. Furthermore, they have eliminated E coli O157:H7 bacteria which produce toxic molecules capable of causing serious and often life-threatening illnesses – this process being assisted by gravity filtration as the water passes slowly through it, giving more contact time with any contaminants molecules present in it.
Eliminate Chemicals
Berkey Filters offer an alternative to bottled water by eliminating over 200 harmful contaminants from drinking water supplies, including pathogenic bacteria and viruses (reduced to 99.99%) as well as disinfectant byproducts (haloacetic acids HAA5), heavy metals such as arsenic, chromium, lead and mercury; volatile organic compounds; volatile nitrates/nitrites used in agriculture that leach into drinking water supplies and petroleum contamination from oil spills worldwide; as well as pharmaceuticals and other endocrine disruptors to greater than 99.9%.
Black Berkey elements are impregnated with proprietary media designed to promote IONIC absorption and adsorption of chemicals, providing optimal conditions for absorption by these elements. Laboratory tests have demonstrated their success at reducing trihalomethanes, inorganic minerals, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, petroleum products, fungicides as well as radiologicals such as turbidity silt sediment radiologicals. They even prove themselves capable of eliminating perfluorinated chemicals used to manufacture Teflon fabrics!
Eliminate Heavy Metals
Black Berkey elements have been tested by independent labs and have been proven to reduce a wide variety of harmful contaminants, from pathogenic bacteria, cysts, parasites and mercury to arsenic, chromium, lead and mercury (reduced up to 99.9%). Furthermore, their design doesn’t remove beneficial minerals – all thanks to Black Berkey element technology!
As water is manually poured into the upper chamber, it slowly trickles through Black Berkey elements – an economical and durable mechanical micro-filtration process – before being safely stored for drinking in its lower chamber. This system is perfect for everyday home use as well as travel companion or disaster situations when treated tap water may no longer be accessible.
Eliminate Sediment
Berkey Water Filtration Systems are the go-to water purification systems for outdoor enthusiasts, self-sufficient homes and families, missionaries abroad and relief organizations requiring untreated natural or industrial water purification solutions.
Water is manually added to the upper chamber of a Berkey and flows slowly through Black Berkey elements to be purified, where its micronized pores filter out pathogenic bacteria, cysts, parasites, chemicals, heavy metals, toxins and other contaminants – leaving only safe drinking water in its lower chamber.
One set of Black Berkey filters should filter 6,000 gallons or three years before needing cleaning. If your Berkey is taking longer than normal to filter water, this may be a telltale sign it needs a deeper clean.
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