Berkey Water Filter Blog

Survival Water Filtration Is Priority #1

Stock food if you want. Also store municipally treated tap water. A gravity filter is for that stored tap water when the pump or power is down — not for streams. Plan: emergency preparedness plan. Boil Notices vs a Home Filter A boil-water advisory is a utility / health-department order....

Drinking Clean Water Despite A Flood

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

Floods are a safety problem first and a drinking-water problem second. Do not walk or swim in floodwater. Do not drive it. Watch for downed lines. Do not drink floodwater. Queensland Health and similar agencies list extra illness risk when people contact polluted floodwater — wounds, skin, ears. That is...

Emergency Preparedness Plan to Keep You Safe

By Jeff Wise
Preparedness

Do you and your family have an emergency preparedness plan? I'm not sitting around shaking in my boots scared about the next natural or man-made disaster to happen. Although these events happen all the time in our world, I'm more of a planner. I'm thinking about how to keep my...