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Get to know your Berkey Water Filter
"Always ensure every customer is 100% satisfied."
That has been the simple goal of Berkey water filters since they started serving customers in the late 1990s. The company started as a small family-operated business in a farming community just East of Pueblo, Colorado. It then eventually grew but they still make sure to keep their goal in mind. This goal has allowed them to excel in their business.
Currently, they have expanded their line to include an entire family of Berkey Water Filter models and other unique products. Every single product is built on the principle of simple innovation and design in order to give the customers years of trouble-free service.
About Berkey Water Purification System
What Size Fits You and Your Needs?
How to choose a Berkey System
Trying to decide which Berkey Water Filter is best for you and your family? Watch this video for a quick overview of each Berkey system and some great tips for helping you choose! Some folks wonder if a Berkey water filter is right for them and their family. The truth is that there's a Berkey filter that's perfect for any person or family size.
Berkey water filters are a favorite among homesteaders and for good reason. The long lasting filters and great tasting water are only a couple of reasons why so many love their Berkey.
Your Berkey Filters
What Can Your Black Berkey Water Filter Elements Do?
You've already probably heard that the Black Filter Elements from Berkey are more powerful than any other gravity filter element currently available. These Black Berkey Filter Elements have a unique purification capability that is due to their unique structure. The micropores within the Black Berkey®Elements are so small that viruses and pathogenic bacteria are simply not able to pass through them.
Although a lot of other water filters on the market may claim to be a water purifier, it does not mean that they were able to meet the performance specifications required for this classification. In order to be classified as a water purifier, a water treatment device must remove at least 99.9999% of pathogenic bacteria and reduce viruses by 99.99%. The Black Berkey®Purification Elements can be classified as water purifiers because they remove 99.9999% of pathogenic bacteria and 99.999% of viruses, which greatly exceeds the standard. The Black Berkey®Purification Element formulation has been tested by State and EPA accredited laboratories to exceed NSF/ANSI Standard 53.
THE BLACK BERKEY® PURIFICATION ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN TESTED AND CONFIRMED TO REMOVE OR GREATLY REDUCE THE CONTAMINANTS BELOW:
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VIRUSES – Removed to >99.999% (Log 5)
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 4):
MS2 Coliphage ; Fr Coliphage.
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PATHOGENIC BACTERIA (AND SURROGATES) – Removed to >99.9999%
Exceeds Purification Standard (Log 6): Bacillus atrophaeus (Anthrax surrogate); Raoultella terrigena (Pathogenic Bacteria Surrogate); Salmonella Enterica.
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TRIHALOMETHANES – Removed to >99.8%
(Below Lab Detectable Limits):
Bromodichloromethane ; Bromoform ; Chloroform ; Dibromochloromethane.
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INORGANIC MINERALS
Removed to Below Lab Detectable Limits: Chloramine; Chloride; Chlorine Residual (Total Residual Chlorine); Free Chlorine
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HEAVY METALS (HIGH & LOW pH LEVELS)
Aluminum (>99%); Antimony (>99.9%); Barium (>80%); Beryllium (>99.9%); Bismuth (>99.9%); Cadmium (>99.7%); Cobalt (>95%); Chromium (>99.9%); Chromium 6 (>99.85%); Copper (>99.9%); Iron (>99.9%); Lead (>99.9%); Mercury (>99.9%); Molybdenum (>90%); Nickel (>99.9%); Vanadium (>87.5%); Zinc (>99.9%).
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PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS CONTAMINANTS – Removed to >99.9%
Acetaminophen; Caffeine; Carbamazepine; Ciprofloxacin HCl; Erythromycin USP; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim; Bisphenol A; Diclofenac Sodium; 4-para-Nonylphenol; 4-tert-Octylphenol; Primidone; Progestrone; Gemfibrozil; Ibuprofen; Naproxen Sodium; Triclosan.
Black Berkey Purification Element VS Berkey Earth Filtration Element
How to Prime the Black Filters
How to Prime Berkey Filters with a Priming Button
The Berkey Priming Button is a thick tan washer that is included with all systems and filters. It funnels water into the filter media flushing out air and manufacturing dust, priming the filter when used with either of the Berkey Filter
How to Prime when water pressure is not available
This process allows for Berkey Black Filters to be primed overnight in a container, such as the bottom chamber when you don't have access to water pressure or have problems priming with water pressure, this is also known as the soak method.
How to Clean the Black Filters
Cleaning the water filter is needed when the flow rate decreases and the output slows to the point that it is no longer meeting your needs. This point depends on the amount of contaminants you are removing. For household use we suggest cleaning every six months, and for field use weekly, possibly daily in the harshest conditions. As part of a regular maintenance routine, our black filter elements can be cleaned up to 100 times before the need to purchase a replacement.
How to Clean your Berkey Earth Filtration Elements
This is a tutorial on how to clean a Big Berkey water filter. We cover taking the Berkey apart and putting the Berkey back together again properly for both the Black Berkey and the Berkey fluoride filters. Cleaning and maintaining your Berkey water filter will allow it to last years with minimal maintenance and give you great Berkey water. But it's your health that will benefit the most and is a great emergency preparedness tool.
How to Assemble Your Berkey Stainless Steel System
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1. Remove the knob washer and knob screw from the inside the lid knob2. Fit the knob onto the lid by inserting the knob screw with the knob washer up through the hole in the lid and screwing on the knob. (Hand tighten only)
Black Berkey Filter Installation
1. Place an element washer onto the stem of a primed Black Berkey Element.
2. Insert the stem of the Black Berkey Element into a hole within the upper chamber.
3. Thread the element wing nut onto the stem of the Black Berkey Element below the upper chamber and tighten securely by hand.
4. Repeat previous steps until all Black Berkey Elements have been installed.
Fluoride Filter Installation (Optional)
1. Remove upper chamber from filtration system and place it upside down on a counter so that the stems of the Black Berkey purification elements are facing upward.
2. With the water flow-arrow pointing away from the upper chamber screw the Fluoride Filters onto the stems of each Black Berkey element eight full revolutions.
3. Do not screw on more than eight revolutions as this may damage the internal media screen. Replace the upper chamber onto the lower chamber (the Fluoride Filters should now be hanging inside the lower chamber).
Additional Accessories
Included with your Berkey Water Filter System:
