Berkey Water Filters: Black Berkey Elements

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"These two Black Berkey Purification Elements are more powerful than any other gravity filter element currently available and fit most gravity filters, dramatically improving their ability to remove unwanted contaminants.

Black Berkey purification elements are so powerful, they can remove food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs. Virtually no other filtration element can duplicate this performance.

We tested the Black Berkey purification elements 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 purification elements removed 100%. Absolutely no pathogens were cultured from the effluent or were able to be detected, even under an electron microscope, setting a new standard in water purification.

The powerful Black Berkey purification elements also remove or reduce pathogenic cysts, parasites, harmful or unwanted chemicals such as herbicides and pesticides, VOCs, detergents, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, cloudiness, silt, sediment, nitrates, nitrites, heavy metals, foul tastes and odors, yet they leave in the healthful and beneficial minerals that your body needs.

No need for expensive disposable filters. Black Berkey purification elements are re-cleanable. When the flow rate decreases simply brush the Black Berkey purification elements with a ScotchBrite pad under running water, reinstall and your system is again ready to purify water. Each durable and efficient purification element will last for up to 3,000 gallons (6,000 gallons per set of two) and provide years of efficient water purification. What's more, the unique Black Berkey purification elements are self-sterilizing.

The Black Berkey purification element formulation has been tested by State and EPA accredited laboratories to exceed EPA and ANSI/NSF (Std. 53) protocol."

~ New Millennium Concepts, Ltd

Pathogenic bacteria, cysts and parasites removed to non-detectable levels:

  • E. coli
  • Klebsiella
  • Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
  • Giardia
  • Cryptosporidium

    • Trihalomethanes removed to non-detectable levels:

  • Bromodichloromethane
  • Bromoform
  • Chloroform
  • Dibromochloromethane

    • Radiologicals removed to non-detectable levels:

  • Radon 222

    • Inorganic minerals removed to non-detectable levels:

  • Chlorine Residual

    • Heavy metals reduced by up to 95%:

  • Lead
  • Cadmium
  • Aluminum
  • Mercury
  • Chromium
  • Copper

    • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) removed to non-detectable levels:

  • Alachlor
  • Ethylene Dibromide (EDB)
  • Atrazine
  • Heptachlor
  • Benzene
  • Heptachlor Epoxide
  • Carbofuran
  • Hexachlorobutodiene
  • Carbon Tetrachloride
  • Hexachlorocyclopentadiene
  • Chlorine
  • Lindane, Methoxychlor
  • Chlorobenzene
  • MTBE
  • Chloroform
  • Pentachlorophenol
  • 2,4-D
  • Simazine
  • DBCP
  • Styrene
  • p-Dichlorobenzene
  • 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
  • o-Dichlorobenzene
  • Tetrachloroethylene
  • 1, 1-Dichloroethane
  • Toluene
  • 1, 2-Dichloroethane
  • 2,4,5-TP (Silvex)
  • 1, 1-Dichloroethylene
  • 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene
  • cis-1, 2-Dichloroethylene
  • 1,1,1-trichloroethane
  • Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
  • 1,1,2-trichloroethane
  • 1, 2-Dichloropropane
  • Trichloroethylene
  • cis-l,3-Dichloropropylene
  • o-Xylene
  • Dinoseb
  • m-Xylene
  • Endrin
  • p-Xylene
  • Ethylbenzene

    • Below is a demo of how to clean the Black Berkeys

    Customer Reviews

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    What Needs Further Explanation...
    by John Housand on Aug 19, 2009  [ reply ]

    There is NO good explanation ANYWHERE in regards with 'PRIMING' the black Berkey filter. When you gather water from a mountain stream such as I, scrubbing the element is NOT good enough, you have to 're-prime' it as well.

    Their instructions (New Millennium Concepts) say GENTLY allow water to flow from the tap filling the filter cavity until it 'sweats' for 5 seconds.

    Well, 'gently' can mean different things to different people. The first time I ever re-primed one of these filters I only had the faucet pressure half way. Little did I know this 'gentle' (to me) pressure would BLOW the first filter in the 5 second 'sweating' time frame!!!

    I eventually wrecked the second filter with hardly a trickle of pressure because the filter's seal at the base gave way. It most likely was weakened when I used the higher pressure in the initial priming. Now I have to replace two filters one that I blew and the second with only about 500 gallons of use with two new filters.

    My suggestion for re-priming is ONLY allow a 'TRICKLE' of water to fill the Berkey filter chamber. 'Sweating will work it's way up to the base. JUST BEFORE sweating gets to the base of filter STOP priming. This 'priming' technique should make the filter last the 3000 gallons claimed.

    Other than that the filter was awesome.

    My recommendation