Berkey Water Filter - The Best Gravity Water Filters

Berkey Water Filters for Emergency Preparedness

Berkey Water Filter is the most preferred drinking water filter in remote areas and places with no tap water available but only freshwater sources.

You pour water straight from the upper chamber of stainless water containers then safe and filtered drinking water is now stored in the lower chamber, ready for drinking.

Berkey water filters are the best choice because they are easy to use even without electricity and are simple, healthy, efficient, cost-friendly, eco-wise, and highly reliable.

Access to accessible drinking water becomes urgent during an emergency or natural disaster. Berkey systems are ideal water filtration systems when treated tap water may not be available.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recommends that every household develop an emergency preparedness kit that includes food and water for each family member for several days.

Gravity filtration has been used by relief organizations such as UNICEF, the Peace Corps, Red Cross Societies Internationally, missionaries, and relief workers worldwide. With the Berkey system of gravity filtration, you can obtain safe drinking water after emergencies such as blackouts, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.

Berkey water filters are utilized worldwide to set the international standard for water filters used in clean or hostile filtration environments.

Owning a Berkey Water Filter allows you to use many outside natural water sources and revolutionize it into the best tasting, natural drinking water possible.

Comparison of Berkey Water to Reverse Osmosis

Based on current research, many health experts no longer recommend drinking Reverse Osmosis or Distilled water long-term. These methods strip out all the beneficial minerals from the water, making the water an acidic "hypotonic" solution.

Berkey Water Filter Systems do not remove all beneficial minerals from the water. Still, they extract harmful heavy metals such as lead and mercury and sedimentary minerals such as iron oxide. Therefore, the TDS reading will not typically change much unless there are a lot of heavy metals or sedimentary minerals within the source water.

When it comes to cost, it's important to consider both the initial investment and the long-term expenses. Reverse Osmosis systems, while effective, can be the most expensive option. This is due to the system's cost and the additional expense of professional installation. On the other hand, a Berkey system offers a more affordable alternative, with a typical cost of about 3.8 cents per gallon.

Why You Need Water Filters

Berkey Systems is the leading gravity-fed water filtration solution for outdoor enthusiasts, self-reliant homes, missionaries abroad, relief organizations, and health-aware individuals and families worldwide. Water that is left untreated is hazardous to drink. Those not going through the filtration process will result in severe complications in the body.

Many illnesses can result from drinking contaminated water. Some older houses could have old pipes and plumbing systems that can introduce copper and other contaminants into the water supply. Even though your local water supply is treated, these contaminants may be able to enter your home as water flows through old, corroded pipes. Filtering your water helps keep these materials out of your drinking water.

Common Contaminants

• Heavy Metals. Once water is contaminated through this, it can result in kidney problems and even cancer. Elements that belong under this contaminant are zinc, Arsenic, mercury, and lead.
  
  
• Feces. This is self-explanatory as to how this can harm a person's health once carried inside the body. Regardless of whether it is of a person or animal' still, it is very unsanitary.
  
  
• Petroleum. This can contaminate our waters through the oil spills and leakages that occur. Crude Oil is a typical example that mostly contaminates our drinking water.

These are only a few but the most common ones endangering our water's reliability. We must be mindful of other contaminants: pharmaceutical drugs and medicines, sewage leaks, and industrial waste.

Here are some of the reasons why you need to have the Berkey Water Filter:

To Remove Chlorine From Water

Many cities worldwide use chlorine to clean their water supply. Although this process is essential to ensure clean drinking water free from microorganisms that could badly affect our health, chlorine is bleached and carries many health risks. It even increases your risk of developing bladder and rectal cancer.

Most water utility companies use chlorine to clean tap water because it's easy to use, inexpensive, and very effective in killing bacteria and viruses in the water.

Although chlorine is a good and effective disinfectant, it can make your drinking water smell and taste bad, which can be very unpleasant. The chlorine could also react with other metals in the water, forming a hazardous compound.

Fortunately, there are effective solutions. Black Berkey Filters, for instance, can eliminate 99.9% of chlorine. This reassures us that we can take control of our water quality and reduce our exposure to chlorine.

To Remove Fluoride From Water

We only need a small amount of the mineral fluoride. In the 1940s, fluoride started being added to public water in the United States to improve dental health. An excessive amount can be toxic, especially to children under eight.

Fluoride is best known for preventing tooth decay. However, it is also added to most toothpaste, soil fertilizers, and even water systems, which has caused alarm worldwide. This makes users prone to overconsumption of the mineral, which can cause severe health damage. Anything in excess is not beneficial.

Irrefutable evidence shows that high fluoride consumption is directly associated with gastrointestinal problems, low fertility, thyroid and endocrine-related ailments, and even cancer.

Though the Black Berkey Filters alone can remove up to 99.99% of fluoride for a short period, for extra protection, Berkey Fluoride Filters PF-2 can remove up to 97% of fluoride from tap water for up to 1,000 gallons.

To Remove Lead From Water

Lead in drinking water is one of the greatest environmental threats we face. Lead must be removed from your water because it can be toxic when ingested. Lead is a toxic metal that can harm human health even at low exposure levels. It is persistent and can bioaccumulate in the body over time. Lead could commonly get into your drinking water by seeping into your water supply through old plumbing pipelines or the solder used to join together.

Lead can be removed from the water when it passes through a filter that uses a reverse osmosis mechanism, a carbon filter, or distillation specifically designed to remove the metal from drinking water.

If your primary water source is a well, health authorities recommend that you have the water tested at least once a year for lead or other contaminants.

Over the past decade, epidemiological studies have consistently demonstrated no safe lead level. In particular, studies conducted on diverse populations of children consistently show the harmful effects of lead exposure on cognitive function, as measured by IQ decrements, decreased academic performance, and poorer performance on tests of executive function. Lead exposure is also associated with reduced attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in children.

Berkey water filters can remove lead by at least 99.9% from drinking water.

To Remove Arsenic From Water

Arsenic is a natural chemical that can be present in groundwater. Arsenic ingestion can only pose health issues when a dangerous quantity of Arsenic has entered the body. After that, poisoning can lead to liver disease, cancer, coma, or even death.

According to the World Health Organization, a non-government agency, Arsenic is one of the major causes of poisoning and death because It is naturally found in groundwater, which is the source of drinking water in some undeveloped countries.

Long-term arsenic ingestion from drinking water is highly associated with a greater risk of skin cancer. There is substantial evidence that it increases the risk for bladder, lung, kidney, liver, colon, and prostate cancers. Berkey filters can remove 99.9% of Arsenic from the water.

To Remove Chromium 6 From Water

Chromium 6, also known as hexavalent chromium, is a highly toxic compound found to cause allergic dermatitis and stomach and gastrointestinal cancer in humans and animals.

Chromium 6 is a chemical element that contains chromium in the +6 oxidation state and is a tasteless and odorless metallic compound usually found in soil, plants, rocks, volcanic particles, and even animals.

Further research and studies are continuously being conducted to determine the specific health risks that Chromium 6 can bring upon ingestion through drinking water. For now, Chromium 6 is identified as a human carcinogen, which means it promotes cancer formation.

Chromium-6 could have been in your drinking water for years, even long after it’s no longer added through industrial processes.

Using Black Berkey filters, Berkey water filter systems can remove more than 99.8% of Chromium-6.

To Remove Glyphosate From Water

Glyphosate is a chemical found in weed killer, one of today's most widely used pesticides. Glyphosate can enter tap water through soil erosion and agricultural runoff. Besides agriculture, Glyphosate is also used in gardens, parks, roads, railways, tracks, and cemeteries.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are no risks or concerns to human health from the current uses of Glyphosate. The studies conducted did not find Glyphosate to be a human carcinogen. However, data from other sources, such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), suggest Glyphosate is a possible human carcinogen.

The Berkey Water Filter can remove over 75% of Glyphosate, exceeding the laboratory reporting limits.

To Remove Haloacetic Acids From Water

Haloacetic acids (halogenated acetic acids, HAAs, or HAA5) are chemical compounds that can build up because of water treatment when water acidity and temperature are marginally high, and treatment chemicals react with organic particles or bromide. They can happen during water treatment, including chlorination, chloramination, or ozonation.

In some studies, exposure to disinfectant byproducts, including Haloacetic acids HAA5, increased the incidence of bladder cancer.

Berkey Filters can remove 99.9% of Haloacetic acids HAA5.

To Remove Radium and Uranium From Water

The radionuclides from the decay of thorium-232 and uranium-238 are extensively distributed through the earth's crust. Many of them are known as alpha emitters. It includes radon, polonium, as well as Radium.

Studies have shown that natural alpha emitters are bone seekers in drinking water. As such, radium -226 and radium -228 can potentially produce harmful radiation doses. Exposure to high radionuclides levels can result in toxic kidney effects and an increased risk of cancer.

Berkey filters can remove at least 98.7% of Uranium combined (pCi/L) and Radium combined (-226 & -228) from drinking water.

To Remove Microplastics From Water

Microplastics (microscopic plastic) are particles smaller than 5 mm in size that can be found in various places. In the global study, microplastics are found in 93% of bottled water tested.

Microplastics have been detected in drinking water, beer, and food products, including seafood and table salt.

The Black Berkey Filters have not been tested to remove microscopic plastic fibers. However, it suggests that contaminants much larger in size, such as plastic fibers, would be removed since the Black Berkey filters can reduce viruses down to the nanometer scale, in the tested range of 24-26 nanometers smaller than the plastic particles being found in water.

What Is Special About Berkey Water Filter?

Our unique Black Berkey® Elements are made from a proprietary blend of media designed to work synergistically and target specific contaminants that far exceed the reduction capabilities of filters solely composed of activated carbon or ceramic materials. They are backed by independent third-party testing.

The gold standard in gravity-fed water filtration, authentic Black Berkey® Elements are capable of greater contaminant reduction and a longer lifespan than virtually any other filter element on the market. They are also economical, averaging just pennies per gallon of filtered water.

Berkey® systems equipped with Black Berkey® Elements dramatically reduce trihalomethanes, inorganic minerals, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, VOCs, petroleum products, perfluorinated chemicals, rust, silt, sediment, radiologicals, and more.

Berkey® systems are used every day in homes worldwide by discerning consumers who trust the quality of Berkey® systems to meet their drinking water needs. We recommend replacing Black Berkey® Elements every 3,000 gallons (6,000 per set of 2 elements). Elements may require replacement sooner based on the quality of the influent water. 

Can I Use The Berkey System With Softened Water?

The Black Berkey Elements are designed to remove heavy metals, but will not remove mineral salts, which are added by a water softener. The salt used to soften water will not be extracted by the Black Berkey Element. You can use one of our filtration systems on a regular basis by bypassing your water softener to get your drinking water. Most water softeners have a bypass valve or way to get water before it passes through your softener. Therefore, we highly recommend that you obtain pre-softened water directly from the source rather than run softened water through your Black Berkey Elements.