What good are regular Berkey filters?

Installed it year ago... Measured TDS before and after and quickly realized it does not really reduce inorganic contaminants. I'm afraid that same applies to reducing organic stuff... It does not remove fluoride. I guess it filters out some mechanical matter. But I purchased RO/DI system and it removes (not reduces) stuff. Shows TDS=0 on the output. Water tastes very good.

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.....and I can't afford to keep buying Berkey filters once every 6 months.

You have to be a zillionaire to protect yourself against the globalists.

By the way, here's the letter I received back from my local water department several months ago regarding fluoride:

Good Morning.......,

Fluoride has been controversial since it was first introduced. Here in Florida, fluoride occurs naturally in the water. We use only deep wells as our water source, and we find a naturally occurring fluoride ranging from 0.1 to 0.25 parts per million. We then add 0.60 parts per million of fluoride to achieve a total of 0.80 parts per million, which is delivered to our customers. This is part of the states dental health program. Their address is: The Department of Dental Health, Public Health Dental Program, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #A-14, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1724. I do not have their phone number. These are the people that closely monitor the fluoride which we add to our water. We are required to file a “Monthly Operating Report” which details daily activities and residuals which we have. We have a State Certified lab here at the plant, and a degreed Chemist, whom tests our fluoride samples daily. I know a lot of questions have been asked about fluoride, but we are required to continue to feed it, until such time as we are instructed otherwise. Thank you and have a good day.

(end response)

My question is:

What if the state decides that we need to be "treated" for various other issues besides just "dental health"?

Are they just going to add another drug to the water.....and then another.....and then another, etc?

Where does this dangerous tampering end?

What about our colon health?..............why aren't they concerned about that?................why are they SOOOOOOOOOOO concerned about our teeth?.............................or are they?

Who asked the citizens if they wanted to be forced-drugged with fluoride?

Fluoride doesn't even prevent tooth decay.
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Patrick
Polk County, Florida

the berkley white filter will only remove flouride after running it through many times...in the process it adds alumina http://www.berkeywater.co...
I have a berkey...
the only way to remove flouride the safe way is reverse osmosis...I also have one hooked it right up to my refrigerator line it also contains a 4th filter that adds the minerals back in...

Years using the Berkey with the black filters and it does a first rate job. Here in Costa Rica we do not have a problem with floride etc....but rather MIGHT have problems with agro chemicals ( in heavy agro areas ) so the standard black filters work satisfactory. Fortunitly we have pure spring water and it is perfectly good to drink right out of the mountain...but it doesn't hurt to add a Berkey to be absolutly sure.

Never saw any "chalky or milky" run-off either.

Discover Costa Rica

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take care of fluoride:

http://berkeystore.com/in...

And I'm assuming that's the regular, poor-man's Berkey filters?

WHAT THE FILTERS REMOVE

The WHITE FILTERS remove:
- Fluoride
- Arsenic V and pre-oxidized Arsenic III
- Other residual heavy metal ions

The BLACK FILTERS remove:

CHEMICALS
- Herbicides
- Pesticides
- Organic solvents
- Detergents

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA CYSTS AND PARASITES
- to non-detectable levels
- E. coli - Klebsiella
- Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
- Giardia
- Cryptosporidium

TRIHALOMETHANES
- to below detectable limits
- Bromodichloromethane
- Bromoform
- Chloroform
- Dibromochloromethane
- health effects are muscle and nervous system disorders, cancer

RADIOLOGICALS
- to below detectable limits
- Radon 222

INORGANIC MINERALS
- to below detectable limits
- Chlorine
- residual health effects are cancer, birth defects

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs)
- to below detectable limits
- Alachlor
- Atrazine
- Benzene
- Carbofuran
- Carbon Tetrachloride
- Chlorine
- Chlorobenzene
- Chloroform
- 2,4-D
- DBCP
- p-Dichlorobenzene
- o-Dichlorobenzene
- 1, 1-Dichloroethane
- 1, 2-Dichloroethane
- 1, 1-Dichloroethylene
- cis-1, 2-Dichloroethylene
- Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
- 1, 2-Dichloropropane
- cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene
- Dinoseb
- Endrin
- Ethylbenzene
- Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
- Heptachlor
- Heptachlor Epoxide
- Hexachlorobutodiene
- Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
- 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

HEAVY METALS
- reduced by up to 95% Lead (leads to kidney, nervous system damage)
- Mercury (leads to kidney, nervous system disorders)
- Aluminum (leads to respiratory, nervous system disorders)
- Cadmium (leads to kidney damage)
- Chromium (leads to liver, kidney, circulatory system disorders)
- Copper (leads to gastro-enteric diseases)

ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES:
- Nitrates
- Nitrites
- Rust
- Silt and sediment
- Foul tastes and odors
- Cloudiness

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Patrick
Polk County, Florida

I've been using a ZeroWater filter since February. We have well water that is a slight bit high in metal content/taste, but ZeroWater completely takes care of that.

Before using that filter we had Poland Spring water delivered just for drinking water.

The ZeroWater filter comes with an electronic tester that tells how many parts per million of non water particles are in your water....

Poland Spring water was 20PPM. We had a new PUR water filter on the kitchen faucet, that was 33PPM. The faucet water itself was 40PPM. And water filtered by the ZeroWater filter unit was 0PPM (zero PPM).

ZeroWater stayed at zero PPM for months. We've been using the same filter since February and it only now is reading 14PPM, although I think part of that is due to us recently using it on our old Poland Spring water cooler.

Anyhow, they are on Home Depot's website. Very good & worth the money. Approx $135 for the filter container, filters and the counter stand (which is a separate product). We've been saving over $100 monthly as compared to Poland Spring water delivery.

Regarding flouride removal, I highly doubt it does that. But still a good filter, IMO - the best one I've used.

Been using a berkey for a year now, works great. But yea, there is allot of information/misinformation out there. I got the stainless royal, plastic berkey not cool for me.

As far filters, black vs the Super Sterasyl, I went with the Super Sterasyl, the Sterasyl will treat three or four times as many gallons of water.

If someone has the filter breakdown, please post.

If you are concerned with fluoride, I am, use the PF2's, it will remove "most", whatever that means. Unfortunately you will get fluoride when you shower if you do not remove it from your shower water too.

Yes, it takes a bit till the crap runs out, I cant remember how many times I passed water through, but it cleans up. This is an active carbon filter, that means that you have to keep the carbon working by passing water through it. I pass at least 3 gallons a day for two people. We rinse veggies, cook and more. I did the math once and I will not have to replace that Sterasyl filter for years at that rate, the pf2's on the other hand will be replaced about every year.

Hope that helps, I like it and don't see a better alternative on the market.

I love my Berkey the water that comes out of it is phenomenal. I also have the PF-2 add-on which is the fluoride and arsenic remover, the regular black berkey elements don't remove these two things. I followed the instructions when I put it together and never had a problem with them. Also when the filtration slows down after prolonged use you can take the elements out and clean them with a scotch bright type pad and they are good as new again. If you have residue in the bottom you may have a leak at the top. Try putting food coloring in the top section and if it bleeds to the bottom them you have a leak somewhere as the elements will actually clean food coloring out of the water.

On the "news" they said that bottled water has an expiration date ? Why would water expire ? what did they put in water to make it expire ? think about that for a minute.

they clean very well. You will never eliminate all of it but that is the best you will get.

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Uncool, dudes !!!!
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Patrick
Polk County, Florida

A friend of mine has one. I've used it a few times.

They do remove fluoride if you get the add on filters. I never saw any problems with black stuff coming through but he had been using his for months before I ever saw it. One problem I saw was that when you fill them after they dry out they run very slowly. It takes about 24 hours of being filled with water for them to run well once they dry out.

If you use them right they seem to be one of, if not the, best water purifier out there. Unfortunately they are expensive and a little temperamental until they get to steady state operation.
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