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It was time to clean my Berkey water filters. HOLY MOTHER!

It's no wonder my Berkey water filter was slow as Christmas, there was a gelatinous goo coating the filters. When I started scrubbing them giant flakes of brown, gooey crap started sheeting off.

I don't know what kind of garbage is in the water around these parts but that was pretty disgusting. It's all good now. Filtering like new.

Got a Berkey? Scrub those filters every 6 months minimum.

BitBurn 1y ago

I have a Big Berkey and smaller one for TEOTWAWKI but thankfully my well water here is good so no need to use them.

Did the filters get that nasty on just your tap water?

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Nunya Bidness 1y ago

100% city tap water. I didn't try and experiment with pond water or anything.

I'm pretty sure the gelatinous goo was biofilm produced by bacteria. I am definitely not waiting this long to clean them again.

BitBurn 1y ago

I'm glad you checked it. You do not want to be drinking that shit.

I saw a couple of YT vids on the hit-and-miss effectiveness of the Berkey's recently but did not save the links.

Sun of the Moon 1y ago

I first fill a brita water pitcher before using that to fill my Berkey with city tap water. I am much more likely to change the filter on the brita every couple months. The Berkey filters still look very good.