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Black Berkey Tech Specs

Black Berkey Tech Specs
Black Berkey 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 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.

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

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

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


  • TRIHALOMETHANES removed to below detectable limits:
  • Health effects: muscle & nervous system disorders, cancer
  • Bromodichloromethane - Bromoform - Chloroform - Dibromochloromethane

  • RADIOLOGICALS removed to below detectable limits:
  • Radon 222

  • INORGANIC MINERALS removed to below detectable limits:

  • CONTAMINANT----------HEALTH EFFECTS
  • Chlorine Residual-------cancer, birth defects

  • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
  • Removed 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%:
  • CONTAMINANT---------HEALTH EFFECTS
  • 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

  • ALSO REMOVES OR REDUCES:
  • Nitrites, Rust, Silt and Sediment.
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