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Anyone own a Berkey Water Purifier?


Posted: Aug 22, 2010

We've been looking at these purifiers for over a year and still undecided. We definitely need to get something. For the past 4 years, we've been getting our water from a very reliable pure spring for drinking but we have to plan around bad weather. 

We'd really like to buy a whole house system but they're out of our price range right now.  That's another question I have...who has a whole house system and what is the average yearly cost? We don't want one that uses salt.  We have a chance to buy a used Culligan system but heard they don't really do the job for our situation.

The information out there on each is very confusing. So many to chose from and really hard to narrow it down.  We need a whole house system that takes out sediment, bacteria, iron, and you-name-it. I'd really like to take a shower without being knocked unconscious from the hardness of the water and I'd really like to wash clothes that come clean, not to mention the wear and tear on the water heater and washer.

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

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