Berkey Water Purification and Filtration

We recently received this question and the simple answer is that about 90% of the time tap water in the US is safe to drink.  There is a lot of information about tap water on the internet.  check out this link for some good information. 

www.environment.about.com/od/healthenvironment/a/tap_water_safe.htm

Suffice it to say that all tap water should be further filtered for better health and safety.  Especially for pregnant women, children, the elderly, and any others that may have weakened immune systems. 

The Berkey Systems with the Black Berkey Elements will ensure your family's health. 

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With respect to the healthfulness of the water, most health experts, that are up to date on current research, are no longer recommending drinking RO or distilled water on a long-term basis because these methods strip out all of the beneficial minerals from the water making the water an acidic "hypotonic" solution. A chemist will tell you that any time a hypotonic (de-mineralized) solution comes into contact with a "Hypertonic" (Mineralized) solution, the minerals within the hypertonic solution will transfer out of hypertonic solution and into the hypotonic solution until equilibrium is achieved. What this means is simply that when one drinks hypotonic water, the minerals in the blood and lymphatic system, which are hypertonic, transfer into the hypotonic RO or Distilled water that is consumed and the minerals are flushed out of the body upon urination.

In an effort to re-mineralize, the blood and lymphatic systems then begin to scavenge for minerals from other parts of the body, such as bones and other organs, and this process repeats itself every time de-mineralized hypotonic water is re-consumed. Several studies suggest that people who drink de-mineralized water (hypotonic) over a long period of time tend to be more prone to degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis.

Berkey® Purification systems do not remove the beneficial minerals from the water but they do extract harmful heavy metals such as lead and mercury as well as 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.

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We recently revieved a question from Kristen who currently uses a water filter at home. She asked what the difference between a water filter and a water purifier was.  We thought that it was a great question, more people should ask.  We hope that the explination below will be informative.  Feel to comment or ask additional questions.

 There are two different classification standards for water treatment devices.

The first classification is a water filter, to meet this standard a water treatment device must remove at least 99.99% of pathogenic bacteria. This is known in the water filter industry as a log 4 reduction.

The second classification is a water purifier, to meet this standard a water treatment device must remove at least 99.9999% of pathogenic bacteria (log 6 reduction). In addition the water purifier must be capable of reducing viruses by at least 99.999% (log 5 reduction).

All Berkey systems that contain the Black Berkey elements are classified as water purifiers. In fact Berkey Water Purifiers remove 99.9999999% (log 9 reduction) of pathogenic bacteria. To our knowledge no other water filtration device in the world can match that claim.

Thank you for your questions!

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As you all know Hurricane season is now upon us.  Don't forget to get your Berkey systems ready to use just in case!

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