Why Every Home Needs a Berkey Water Filter

How present are heavy metals in drinking water? Well, 2.1 billion homes around the world have little to no access to clean drinking water. Whether you're traveling to foreign countries or you just want it for home use, Berkey water filter systems are the best option for removing harmful contaminants and maintaining the beneficial minerals you need.

Dangers of Heavy Metals

Black Berkey elements do a lot more than remove harmful viruses and bacteria. They can remove harmful chemicals, heavy metals, and other contaminants at a rate well above 99.9%, according to third-party test results. Unfortunately, heavy metals can quickly make their way into your tap water.

Did you know that copper is the most common heavy metal found in drinking water in the US? This is primarily due to copper piping in homes, but that doesn't make it safe. While copper toxicity is relatively rare, it can cause serious long-term health problems.

Of course, lead, arsenic, and other metals are even more dangerous. Unfortunately, the average water purifier does little to nothing about these metals, and even treated water can still be exposed by pipes leading up to your home.

Dangers to Children

Water quality is essential for children, and ever "fur children"!

If you have children or pets in your home, certain heavy metals can cause developmental disorders and other serious health complications. The threshold where metals like lead and arsenic become toxic for children and animals is extraordinarily low, but a Berkey water system can purify anything from untreated raw water to bottled water for years, even with everyday use.

Bacteria and Viruses

Bacteria isalways in our drinking water, whether we realize it or not. Governments typically treat water multiple times on its way to your home, understanding that pathogenic bacteria can continue to grow once chlorine dissipates. For reliable, clean water, you will need to remove this bacteria on your own while at home.

The Black Berkey filters are perfect for purifying your water and the stainless steel lower chamber does not attract bacteria the same way other materials may. We won't mention any names, but plastic containers are not always the best.

Additives

Almost every state and local government uses chlorine or other organic solvents to purify their tap water. If you want to rid fluoride and chlorine from your home water supply, then you will need the proper water purification elements. A Big Berkey water filter will rid these chemicals well over 99.9%, especially if you have the arsenic and fluoride reduction elements.

Once again, Black Berkey purification elements filter these components at much higher rates than their competitors. It's the only gravity-fed water filter that can handle stagnant ponds and nearly all toxic elements.

Other Harmful Contaminants

We've seen unprecedented storms that are only getting worse as a result of climate change. These are leading to "boil water" orders in cities, states, and even countries around the world, as water systems become compromised. We recently saw this in Kentucky and other areas worldwide.

It's always best to be prepared for emergency situations, and water is the most basic necessity of life. Once you have your system, you can take advantage of your lifetime warranty if you ever need replacement parts or anything else. Your purification elements will last for thousands of gallons, compared to leading brands that only last for 40 to 120!

Buy a Berkey Water Filter Today

Now that you know how effective they are, it's also important to understand how easy Berkey water filters are to use. You simply prime the elements once every 3,000 gallons, fill the upper chamber, and have 2.25 gallons of purified water ready to drink whenever. Again, this can treat any water, regardless of the quality of your water supplies.

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