Maintaining A Good Relationship With Your Berkey Water Filter

Berkey Water Filters and Purifiers New Millinium Concepts, Ltd.

   I love my Berkey water filter, but it does take some TLC every now and then, especially when you go through the water like my family does. Also our water is so hard and rusty water that it insures my need to tend to the Berkey probably more often than I do. Filling it falls on the children, so I don't check the condition of the filters very often. It gets cleaned out about once every two months...oops.
  I like the idea of this filter #1: for the all the purification claims, and #2: the fact that it is independent from running water or electricity. It is more than a little comforting that when it-all-goes-under we can take off with our Berkey and at least have water to drink. Maybe that sounds silly but it does appeal to my survival instincts.

  I've had a lot of people ask how to clean the Berkey so I thought that perhaps our near worse case senerio would be a helpful example.

   To clean the purification filters, completely remove them from tank. I use a green scrubbie to gently scratch off the rust and grime. You will notice that you are removing a small bit of the black from the filter, that is fine. This is nice to do under running water.

I probably could have scrubbed them a little more, I am reluctant to put in to much elbow grease. It helps the water to run through faster if you remove the obstruction!     

 I scrub the top and bottom on the inside to remove the mineral build up. I find it hard to completely get all the minerals out- but I don't think that's a problem as far as clean goes. In the top tank I work the rust out pretty good  though.

 Hopefully you kept your primer button. Re-prime the filters and  this will help in cleaning  from the inside out.

  Put it all back together, fill it up and listen to how much faster the water runs through.

  If you have a Berkey Water Purifier and you have further tips or comments on maintaining your unit,  please comment. Or you can order units, filters or parts through Chipps Plumbing Llc. or purchase them from our display in St. Paris, Ohio at the The Country Bulk Barn.