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Whole House Water Filtration with Berkey

berkey whole house water filter

A Berkey whole house water filter is a gravity-fed system that can be installed anywhere in your home or used during emergency situations like natural disasters or power outages. Furthermore, its black elements can be cleaned and re-primed whenever necessary for optimal performance.

Fluoride-reducing water filters also do an amazing job at eliminating fluoride – an endocrine disruptor – from drinking water. Plus they cost much less than store-bought bottles!

Easy to use

Berkey water filters offer easy use and maintenance, making them inexpensive and more effective than store-bought filters. Constructed of high-grade stainless steel that’s both corrosive-resistant and versatile – perfect for anywhere your family goes! They come in various sizes to meet everyone’s needs.

Berkey filters can efficiently eliminate contaminants like lead from drinking water. Lead is known to pose health hazards and is thought to lead to symptoms including reduced IQ scores and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children.

Berkey filter systems come complete with everything needed to start producing fresh and healthy water at home, such as upper and lower chambers, black filters (one set lasts 6,000 gallons), spigot and connection hardware. They even offer fluoride removal filters that last 1,000 gallons; additionally, there’s even a food dye test to gauge their effectiveness quickly if necessary!

Easy to maintain

The Berkey water filter system is an affordable gravity filter designed for easy maintenance. Featuring two black filter elements rated to last for 6,000 gallons and fluoride filters that can add additional protection, its filters are easily cleaned using vinegar while their efficiency can be measured using red food dye.

These filters are constructed from stainless steel and BPA-free to reduce plastic bottle waste while saving you money. In addition, they’re perfect for emergency preparedness – all it takes is one pipe burst for boil water advisories to be necessary!

Your filtered water is portable in a reusable bottle and convenient. Filters may be heavier, but still much cheaper than purchasing bottled water and much more cost-effective than reverse osmosis systems (only about 1.6 cents per gallon as opposed to 6-8 cents for bottles).

Great for emergency preparedness

Clean drinking water is essential in an emergency. A Berkey filter can quickly turn any outdoor source of water into potable drinking water that you can store in its lower chamber for later. Plus, its lightweight construction means it’s easily transportable and requires no electricity!

These gravity water purifiers have long been the go-to choice of international relief organizations, missionaries and family travelers. Constructed of stainless steel for long lasting use and featuring BPA free technology – perfect for outside water sources as they’re easy to maintain and affordably priced – gravity purifiers offer reliable purification at an economical price point.

A pair of black filters should last approximately 6,000 gallons before needing replacing, more than enough for most households and better than competing systems that require changing out filters every few months. Plus, this solution costs significantly less per gallon than bottled water making it an excellent option for emergency preparedness.

Affordable

Berkey water purification systems are more cost-effective than whole house reverse-osmosis systems and come complete with all you need right out of the box. Their pricing varies based on size and what accessories are added; and new components keep being released such as stands to store it on and gauges that show water levels.

Berkey Systems equipped with Black Berkey Elements are proven to effectively remove pathogenic bacteria, parasites and cysts while at the same time decreasing unhealthy minerals such as nitrates, nitrites, heavy metals, fluoride as well as herbicides pesticides pharmaceuticals and petroleum contaminants – not forgetting an array of herbicides pesticides pesticides pharmaceuticals petroleum contaminants etc!

Each kit consists of an upper and lower chamber, two filter elements (and an extra) as well as connection hardware. Crafted from durable stainless steel, Berkey comes in various sizes to meet your family’s needs; additionally there are also portable black Berkey filters designed to fit onto water bottles for camping or use while on-the-go.


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