Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Don’t Drink the Water

We ordered a Berkey Water purification system a month ago and our friend Lynn brought it down after Christmas. We were getting tired of hoisting the 19L bottles (5 gallons) of filtered water. The Berkey uses ceramic filters to purify about any type of dirty water. It’s a gravity system so filtering takes awhile- about a day. Putting it together was simple and filtering water is easy. One down side is that we can’t watch it like we can watch the laundry and paint dry.  So, we’re filtering tap water and it’s fine. Ed’s been drinking the water for a few weeks now and Peggy may start soon. Before she does, she’s been waiting to see if Ed developed any problems! Kinda like a king’s food tester. So far no problems. The Big Berkey reduces our consumption of  of purified water by about half. At currents rates, Ed figures it about a 47 year payback!  Not bad!

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A stunning addition to our kitchen counter!

1 comment:

Jamie said...

47 years, huh? So we'll find out at the reading of your wills who gets that baby? Ha! :)