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<blockquote data-quote="OkieGentleman" data-source="post: 2116609" data-attributes="member: 25693"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">A Berkey stainless water system consists of an upper tank for dirty water and the lower take for the treated water, with a spigot to dispense the treated water. These units run from $228 to $350 with two fluoride filters. Fluoride filters are not the same as the Black Berkey filter. I made my system for a total of $35 to $40 for supplies to make two filter units or about $20 each w/o filters, I bought the 2 filters last year for about $90 if memory serves me right. So my total is approx $65 for each filtration system and if Berkey is to believed each of my units (with proper maintenance) can produce about 3000 gallons of clean drinkable water. I figured that that will supply a lot of water to a lot of people if needed. I think my design could be dropped without serious damage, not to knock Berkey or anyone else, but I think my setup is more rugged than what I have seen available commercially.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>I was challenged by dak on the amount of clean water the Berkey filter could produce. I went back to their web site and re-read the last paragraph of their description. I misinterpreted the statement they made, I read the statement to say that the filter could produce 3000 gals after each cleaning with up to 100 cleanings for a total of 300000 gallons of clean water. The actual statement is that the filter will produce 3000 gallons of clean water and can be cleaned 100 times. Thank you dak for bringing the error to my attention. I should have realized that 300,000 gallons was a ridiculous amount.</strong></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OkieGentleman, post: 2116609, member: 25693"] [SIZE=3]A Berkey stainless water system consists of an upper tank for dirty water and the lower take for the treated water, with a spigot to dispense the treated water. These units run from $228 to $350 with two fluoride filters. Fluoride filters are not the same as the Black Berkey filter. I made my system for a total of $35 to $40 for supplies to make two filter units or about $20 each w/o filters, I bought the 2 filters last year for about $90 if memory serves me right. So my total is approx $65 for each filtration system and if Berkey is to believed each of my units (with proper maintenance) can produce about 3000 gallons of clean drinkable water. I figured that that will supply a lot of water to a lot of people if needed. I think my design could be dropped without serious damage, not to knock Berkey or anyone else, but I think my setup is more rugged than what I have seen available commercially. [B]I was challenged by dak on the amount of clean water the Berkey filter could produce. I went back to their web site and re-read the last paragraph of their description. I misinterpreted the statement they made, I read the statement to say that the filter could produce 3000 gals after each cleaning with up to 100 cleanings for a total of 300000 gallons of clean water. The actual statement is that the filter will produce 3000 gallons of clean water and can be cleaned 100 times. Thank you dak for bringing the error to my attention. I should have realized that 300,000 gallons was a ridiculous amount.[/B][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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