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Due to sustained high demand, this Berkey is backordered 2-3 months.
This Big Berkey® comes with 2 or 4 Black Berkey Purification Elements, making this a complete water purification system! Read more about the Black Berkey Purification Elements below.
About Berkey Systems
The Berkey's unique design combines the age-old process of micro-porous filtration used by nature coupled with modern state-of-the-art technology and the highest quality materials to bring you virtually the finest water filtration system available anywhere.
To use, the upper chamber of the unit is filled with water. Gravity draws this water through the exclusive British Berkefeld® ceramic filters, where it then collects in the lower chamber.
The two piece housing is portable and can be used virtually anywhere, anytime. An easy to turn on-off spigot is used as the outflow tap.
Takes minutes to assemble and can provide many gallons of good-tasting, sparkling, wholesome drinking water each day. Constructed of high grade, polished stainless steel making it hygienic, durable and easy to clean.
Black Berkey Purification Elements
They’re new and they are more powerful than any gravity filter element on the market. In fact, we tested the Black Berkey Purification Element with more than 10,000 times the concentration of pathogens per liter than is required by standard test protocol. This concentration of pathogens is so great that the post filtered water should be expected to contain 100,000 or more pathogens per liter (99.99% reduction - the requirement for pathogenic removal). Incredibly the Black Berkey removed 100%, with absolutely no pathogens detectable, setting a new standard in water purification.
The powerful Black Berkey Purification Element also remove or reduce pathogenic cysts, parasites, harmful or unwanted chemicals such as herbicides and pesticides, VOC’s, SOC’s detergents, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, cloudiness, silt, sediment, nitrates, nitrites, heavy metals, foul tastes and odors. They also remove viruses (MS2 and FR Coliphage). Yet they leave in the healthful and beneficial minerals that your body needs. Most existing gravity filtration systems can be retrofitted with Black Berkey elements, which upgrades them to gravity purifiers.
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs)
Removed to below detectable limits
Alachlor
Atrazine
Benzene
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachoride
Chlorine
Chlorobenzene
Chloroform
2,4-D
dbcp
p-Dichlorobenzene
o-Dichlorobenzene
1, 1-Dichloroethane
1, 2-Dichlorpethane
1, 1-Dichloroethylene
Cis-1, 2-Dichloroethyiene
Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1, 2-Dichloropropane
cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene
Dinoseb
Endrin
Ethylbenzene |
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Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobutodlene
Hexachloro-cyclopentadlene
Lindane
Methoxychlor
MTBE
Pentachlorophenol
Simazine
Styrene
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
1,1,1-trichloroethane
1,1,2-trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
o-Xylene
m-Xylene
p-Xylene |
PATHOGENIC BACTERIA, CYSTS & PARASITES
Removal to non-detectable levels
E. Coli
Klebsiella
Pseudomonas
Aeriginousis
Giardia
Cryptosporidium
TRIHALOMETHANES:
Removed to below detectable limits
| Health Effects |
| muscle and nervous system disorders, cancer |
| Contaminant |
| Bromodichloromethane |
| Bromoform |
| Chloroform |
| Dibromochloromethane |
INORGANIC MINERALS:
Removed to below detectable limits
| Contaminant |
Health Effects |
| Chlorine Residual |
Cancer, birth defects |
| Greater than 95% reduction |
| Lead |
kidney, nervous system
damage |
| Mercury |
kidney, nervous system
disorders |
| Aluminum |
respiratory, nervous system
disorders |
| Cadmium |
kidney damage |
| Chromium |
liver, kidney, circulatory
system disorders |
| Copper |
gastro-enteric diseases |
Frequently Asked Questions
NOT YET AVAILABLE IN CALIFORNIA AND IOWA
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