Black Berkey® Purification Elements OPTION Black Berkey® Purification Elements are more powerful than any other gravity filter element currently available. In fact, 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. 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. 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 and.... Because Black Berkey® purification elements fit most gravity flters, existing gravity filtration systems can be upgraded. This vastly improves their ability to remove unwanted contaminates. Technical Information on Black Berkey® Option The following are removed to below detectable levels: -
Pathogenic Bacteria, Cysts, and Parasites -
E. coli -
Klebsiella -
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -
Giardia -
Cryptosporidium -
Trihalomethanes -
Bromodichloromethane -
Bromoform -
Chloroform -
Dibromochloromethane -
Radiologicals -
Chlorine -
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) -
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 -
Mercury -
Aluminum -
Cadmium -
Chomium -
Copper Also Removes or Reduces -
Nitrates -
Nitrites -
Rust -
Silt -
Sediment Maintaining Black Berkey Elements 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. Super Sterasyl™ Ceramic Filter Elements OPTION The Sterasyl™ grade ceramic is designed to remove suspended solids and pathogenic bacteria (>99.99%). The filter elements are produced using the latest ceramic techniques to provide a hollow porous ceramic, which is fired at a temperature in excess of 1,000º C. They are designed to operate with water flow going from the outside to the inside of the element. The ceramic shell exhibits a strictly controlled pore structure, so as to provide efficient sub-micron filtration, a proven defense against hard-shelled parasites such as Cryptosporidium as well as pathogenic bacteria. The ceramic also removes other less harmful, but equally unpleasant particulate debris such as rust and dirt.
Composition of the Sterasyl™ ceramic contains pure silver. This silver is a material designed to significantly inhibit bacteriological mitosis or grow through. The result is that bacterial growth is inhibited from occurring within the Sterasyl™ ceramic element (which is possible with the other ceramic filter elements). This silver content insures that filtered water contains levels well below those required by international standards. Because of the silver, Sterasyl™ filter elements do not require sterilization after cleaning. The Sterasyl™ filter, when used in in-line housings, is certified by the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) as meeting their Standard No 42 for materials. The Super Sterasyl™ Water Filtration Element The Sterasyl™ ceramic is the ceramic shell used for the Super Sterasyl™ filter element. Accordingly, this filter element will have, at a minimum, the filtration benefits of the Sterasyl™ ceramic. Additionally, the bore of the ceramic shell is filled with granular activated carbon, which enables the filter to reduce chlorine and organic chemicals while improving the color, taste, and odor of the source water. The re-cleanable Super Sterasyl™ filter elements remove suspended solids, parasites, cysts and pathogenic bacteria (>99.99%) and reduce organic chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, organic solvents, trihalomethanes, SOCs, VOCs and foul tastes and odors. The top of the Super Sterasyl™ element is closed with a unique ceramic dome. This prevents the possibility of breeching (leakage), which can occur with filtration elements that are closed with a plastic cap. What’s Hiding in Your Drinking Water? Super Sterasyl™ Filters: -
Remove Pathogenic Bacteria 99.99%: -
Cholera, -
Typhoid, -
Salmonella, -
Serratia, -
E.Coli, -
Fecal Coliform. -
Remove Cysts (>99.999%): -
Reduce Organic Chemicals: -
Pesticides -
Herbicides -
Organic Solvents -
SOCs -
VOCs -
Trihalomethanes. -
Reduce Chlorine > 90% -
Reduce Turbidity, Sediment and Particulate: -
@ 0.9 micron > 99.99% -
@ 0.5 – 0.8 micron > 99.9% -
@ 0.2 – 0.3 micron > 98%
(based on tests by Spectrum Laboratories, Minneapolis, MN). Maximum working pressure: 125 psi
Maximum working temperature: 100º F
Minimum working temperature: 40º F Super Sterasyl™ ceramic filters are manufactured to the following international standards and have been tested and approved by the following independent bodies or agencies: - ISO-9000: 2000
- Hyder Labs – UK
- Spectrum Labs – UK
- WRc – Mednenham UK
- Clare Microbiology – UK
- Loughborough University - UK
- University of Arizona – USA
- Thresh, Beale, and Suckling – UK
- WRc Gwent – UK.
Bacterial mitosis and “grow-through” Mitosis is the name for the usual method of bacterial cell division. This division is characterized by resolving the chromatin of the cell nucleus into a threadlike form that condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of the two new daughter cells. When conditions of growth (cell division) are right (proper environmental conditions, temperature, pressure, etc.) and sufficient nutrients, the “threadlike forms” can penetrate ordinary ceramic structure and create bacterial cells on the inside of ceramic elements. The Sterasyl™ grade filter elements incorporate pure silver into the porous ceramic shell, which inhibits mitosis or “grow-through”.
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