What's In Your Water?

tophatjohnny
tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
edited November 2019 in The Clubhouse
Thank you to Joe C. He introduced me to Berkey Water System's a few weeks back while in general conversation. I was accepting a delivery from local supplier "Aqua Falls" and asked Joe what he does for drinking water. Game on. I listened to his conviction about Berkey Water Systems and knew I had to give it a whirl.
My Berkey Royal (3.25 Gallon) was delivered a couple of days ago and now it's up and running. So far I am loving it. Drinking a cup of my favorite coffee made with the Berkey Water and YES it is a whole new ball game compared to the bottled water. And the savings in the long run are unbelievable..Thanks Joe. We are happy with your advice.

THJ🎩
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,988
    You don't want to know whats in your water.

    I already know what's in your water pipes, and you don't want to know that either.

    What's the deal with this Berkey Royal ? What makes them stand out above the others ?
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,975
    tell me about it!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Sea Monkeys
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    tonyb wrote: »
    You don't want to know whats in your water.

    I already know what's in your water pipes, and you don't want to know that either.

    What's the deal with this Berkey Royal ? What makes them stand out above the others ?

    There are a lot of choices out there but Berkey was the one the Red Cross uses and all of the testing that's been done on similar products, this one looks to be a cut above. Easy to set up and again..so far we love it.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,975
    edited November 2019
    Let us know if an eye starts growing out of your shoulder.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    SIHAB wrote: »
    Let us know if an eye starts growing out of your shoulder.
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    Or my shlong 😂😂😂🎩
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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,956
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    Drinking a cup of my favorite coffee made with the Berkey Water and YES it is a whole new ball game compared to the bottled water.

    So your Snickers creamer is tasting just that much better now? :smile:
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    These are the water filters Red Cross and government uses in flooded areas to provide clean drinking water. You soda and tea drinkers need not apply, but if you buy water bottles or purchased filtered water of any kind, you owe it to yourself to try this. You will NEVER look back.
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    edited November 2019
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited November 2019
    Textron just installed these in all of our Aircraft factories.

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    Clipdat wrote: »
    tophatjohnny wrote: »
    Drinking a cup of my favorite coffee made with the Berkey Water and YES it is a whole new ball game compared to the bottled water.

    So your Snickers creamer is tasting just that much better now? :smile:

    Drew..indeed. A much better tasting cup of ☕. Stunned me...or maybe it was just the Death Wish coffee?? 😃 The Berkey was a great move. My family all love it.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    There's a website you can go to, enter your zip code, and it will tell you everything in your water supply based on provider.
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  • polrbehr
    polrbehr Posts: 2,834
    Our water isn't too bad, though I will admit sometimes I think they chlorinate it so much it can replace what's in my pool drop for drop.
    I've been considering one of these from Avalon. I know it's probably geared more for an office setup, but if those filters last for 1500 gallons/6 months, the way I see it, that should be closer to 2 years for me.
    So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?


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  • SIHAB
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbgXOkyF09M
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    When we used to go to East St. Louis to visit relatives, the water was so bad you could smell/taste chlorine in the ice cubes. Kid you NOT. It would literally change the taste of what ever you were drinking. The Missouri side of the river was far better.
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  • krazypolk
    krazypolk Posts: 745
    Now if I could just find one of these gadgets that turn water into beer.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    Watch out for Radium....a naturally occurring radioactive isotope which is supposedly safe at very low levels. When we lived in Romeoville, IL we would get notices every quarter or so on how this was found at "safe levels" in our drinking water.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,951
    edited November 2019
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    Watch out for Radium....a naturally occurring radioactive isotope which is supposedly safe at very low levels. When we lived in Romeoville, IL we would get notices every quarter or so on how this was found at "safe levels" in our drinking water.

    Radium, or radon? Certainly could be the former, but the latter's pretty common in wells (at least in the Northeast) in areas with large amounts of granite. Radon is a natural radioactive end-product of uranium decay.

    There are exposure limits (typically determined, in essence, statistically) for pretty much everything, since it is virtually ( ;) ) impossible to establish absolutely zero content of any hazardous material (if only due to the nonzero 'limit of detection' of every analytical method).

    The acceptable limit for radon in Massachusetts, e.g., is lower than it is in New Hampshire (or at least that was the case in 2013).


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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,059
    edited November 2019
    We also had a risk of radon gas in our basement, which is similar to radium....only a different "variant". But yeah, it was radium. We researched the heck out of it and switched to a water delivery service. We also had 2 labradors die of weird cancers (for dogs I believe)...bone and pancreas....years later after we moved, which may be a coincidence.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,951
    edited November 2019
    Radon is "on the way" to lead from uranium, as is radium (the EDIT: latter decays to the former, indeed). Yes, they're related in that sense, but they're two different chemical elements, and the exposure risks from both are different. Radon's particularly insidious in that it is a gas. When they started building 'tight', energy efficient houses, radon levels in houses built over granite ledge started to be a problem (especially in the basements). Any and all of the elements along the uranium decay series can be found in the environment. It's just the way it is.

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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,904
    edited November 2019
    Radon is also very common in homes built on limestone. Many homes in my neighborhood have radon abatement systems.

    And the water here is poor. During most summers we have nitrate warnings. Fertilizer from farming invades the reservoirs and I guess only so much can be removed.
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,182
    kevhed72 wrote: »
    We also had a risk of radon gas in our basement, which is similar to radium....only a different "variant". But yeah, it was radium. We researched the heck out of it and switched to a water delivery service. We also had 2 labradors die of weird cancers (for dogs I believe)...bone and pancreas....years later after we moved, which may be a coincidence.

    We did the water delivery for years
    The Berkey puts that to sleep and saves ya some serious coin.
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    Yes it does. Best water I have ever had.
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,975
    edited November 2019
    Silly question from the peanut gallery...
    is the Berkley water derived by reverse osmosis?
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  • joecoulson
    joecoulson Posts: 4,943
    No. Gravity fed carbon and other element filtration.
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