Does Berkey filter work with river water? I live just below the mountains, have farms up river from me?
Yes, of course. Just pre-filter the river water with cloth or whatever.
But you need to read up on what ceramic filtration does and does not catch. It doesn’t catch chemicals, for example.
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Does Berkey filter work with river water? I live just below the mountains, have farms up river from me?
Having owned a Big Berkey for some 20 years, the answer is yes. There is another filter that you can get that is used in conjunction with the normal filters. This will filter out flourides and compounds used in farm spraying. I would advise to read the information on what the different types of Berkey filters actually filter and purchase accordingly.
I would also consider pre-filtering the water with a tee shirt as written elsewhere today...You know, you don’t want twigs and dirt clods in your water...
For added protection, you can also boil the water for ten minutes to kill all organisms...it won’t kill chemicals though...
But if you normally get your water out of the tap...just use that water. This is not the end of the world. Utilities will be in operation unless Covid-19 starts turning everyone into Zombies...then all bets are off and I would start using that river water...
But my best advice is read all tht you can (from different suppliers if need be) about how the different filters work and how to prime them, etc....