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Question: Can this be used to filter sea or salt water from the ocean to create drinkable water?
Document: We have been drinking water that has been double filtered. We have a filter on the water coming into the house and then another filter on the water that we drink. When we got the Berkey we used the water that we had been drinking. After about a week of pouring the water into the Berkey the filters in the Berkey were covered with copper colored sediment. That is what we have been drinking for the past 6 years. So glad we made this investment into our health.
I use mine for filtering city tap water. The water that comes out is totally clear and tastes perfectly pure. I have and will continue to recommend this product to friends.I do have one complaint/suggestion. In the instructions that come with the filter they don't fully explain how to best prime the filters. I used mine for over a year with a flow rate of something like 1/4 to 1/2 gallons per hour, and just put up with it because the quality was so good.
And this was after spending hours cleaning the unit AND priming. I really wanted the water to taste better (I've used Zero Water for a while, but the filter replacement is too costly), plus as I started reading what is actually being removed and not removed from the water, I thought I'd better make an investment in something that works.Meantime, I wish I'd researched it more.Did I mention the water tastes awful? I bought the Berkey Light with the Black Berkey filters and these flouride filters.
I've only used plain tap water since.All the same, I can say my water passes the taste test with flying colors and I've suffered from no stomach problems whatsoever from our 'less than perfect' municipal water system.
We purchased a Berkey for our household. We have well water that has slight odor and taste. The water from the Berkey tastes great!Unfortunately, the black filters fell apart-in less than 3 months! After checking the website and finding they were defective, I sent an email and was sent replacement filters and returned the used, broken filters. We were able to enjoy our filtered water again!
We purchased one some time ago and the two washers on the spigot need to be replaced and I just learned that you must buy a new spigot if the washers wear out which washers do and they are are removable just like any other washer used with plumbing, even though the website indicated they were available.Also, we distilled a gallon of water that filtered through the Berkey and while a decent system for the cost, it leaves something to be desired.
when I first used my Berkey i was disappointed for the taste of the water was not what I expected. My water is heavy alkaline and I was hoping the Berkey would clean it up. I guess I didn't prepare to filters enough for after running water through it several  times the taste improved quiet well. I can now drink the water and enjoy the clean taste. I will order additional filters soon to clean the water even more. Thank you Berkey for you excellent product .
The water tastes great,no odors, and absolutely no hint of chlorine. I was careful to start withfreshly-washed containers and to keep everything clean and sanitary. Thepitchers used to fill the system are only used here-- a gallon one to fillthe Berkey with tap water, and a half-gallon one to fill the Igloo jug/coffeemaker /cooking pots with Berkey-purified water.One thing I didn't like was the goofy fabric 'beret' that's supplied to fiton top of the Berkey's open upper chamber.
My daughterand I have far fewer intestinal 'bugs' than we used to have. I'm convincedit's the Berkey.
Looked far and wide for the best water filter option out there. NOTHING even compares. You have got to have this.
Answer: The ffilters are micro filters for bacteria and particulars in the water. Salt would not work very well.  I feel that it would real break the filters or gum them up