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Loaʻa i nā kānana wai ʻo Big Berkey kahi hoʻomana. Ua noiʻi mākou i nā ipu kānana wai maikaʻi loa a me nā kānana wai maikaʻi loa ma lalo o ka pohō no nā makahiki, a ua nīnau pinepine ʻia mākou e pili ana i ka Big Berkey. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hana e hiki i kēia kānana ke wehe i nā mea haumia ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole like me kā mākou mau koho kānana ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa ʻo Big Berkey i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI.
Ma hope o 50 mau hola o ka noiʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka lab kūʻokoʻa i nā ʻōlelo a ka mea hana ʻo Big Berkey, ʻo kā mākou hopena hoʻāʻo, a me nā hopena o kahi lab ʻē aʻe a mākou i kamaʻilio ai a me ke kolu o ka lab nona nā hopena i loaʻa i ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole kūlike loa. Manaʻo mākou e hōʻike hou ana kēia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka palapala hōʻoia NSF/ANSI: hiki i ka poʻe ke hoʻoholo i ke kūʻai ʻana ma muli o ka hoʻohālikelike hoʻokō pono ʻana o nā ʻāpala-a-apple. Eia hou, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ʻōnaehana Big Berkey, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai, a ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana ma mua o nā ipu a me nā kānana ma lalo o ka sink, ʻaʻole mākou e paipai iā ia inā paha i hōʻoia ʻia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻōnaehana countertop Berkey a me nā kānana ma mua o nā koho kānana wai ʻē aʻe a ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana. ʻAʻole hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa nā koi hana a nā mea hana i nā kūlana aupuni.
ʻO New Millennium Concepts, ka mea hana o ka Big Berkey, e ʻōlelo ana e hiki i ka kānana ke hoʻoneʻe ma luna o hoʻokahi haneli mau mea haumia, ʻoi aku ia ma mua o nā kānana hānai ʻē aʻe a mākou i loiloi ai. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i kēia mau koi ma ka palena palena ʻole, a ʻaʻole kūlike kā mākou hopena me nā hopena lab i kauoha ʻia e New Millennium. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hōʻike ʻia nā hopena mai ke keʻena hana a mākou i kauoha ai a mai ka hale hana ʻo New Millennium i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa ʻaʻole i like ka maikaʻi o ka kānana chloroform e like me ke kolu o ka hoʻāʻo mua (i hōʻike pū ʻia ma ka palapala huahana New Millennium).
ʻAʻohe o nā hoʻāʻo a mākou e haʻi nei ma aneʻi (ʻaʻole kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana a i ʻole Envirotek hoʻāʻo a i ʻole ʻo Los Angeles County Laboratory's New Millennium contract testing) i kūpono i ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻāʻo NSF/ANSI. ʻO ke kikoʻī, koi ʻo NSF/ANSI i ke ʻano o ka kānana i hoʻohana ʻia e Berkey e hele ʻelua i ka mana helu o ka kānana kahi e ana ʻia ai ka wai ʻino ma mua o ke ana ʻana. ʻOiai ʻo nā hoʻokolohua āpau a mākou e ʻaelike nei me New Millennium, i ka maikaʻi o ko mākou ʻike, paʻa a ʻoihana, hoʻohana kēlā me kēia i kāna protocol ponoʻī, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hana. No ka mea ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia kekahi o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI piha, ʻaʻohe o mākou ala maopopo e hoʻohālikelike pono i nā hopena a i ʻole e hoʻohālikelike i ka hana holoʻokoʻa o ka kānana Burkey i nā mea a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai i ka wā ma mua.
ʻO kahi wahi i ʻae like ai nā mea a pau, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana i ke kēpau mai ka wai inu, kahi i hōʻike ai ua hana maikaʻi ʻo Big Berkey i ka wehe ʻana i nā metala kaumaha. No laila, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia me ke kēpau a i ʻole nā ​​metala ʻē aʻe i loko o kou wai, pono paha e nānā iā Big Berks ma ke ʻano he manawa pōkole.
Ma waho aʻe o ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā hopena laboratori kū'ē, ʻaʻole i pane ʻo New Millennium Concepts i nā noi ninaninau he nui e kūkākūkā i kā mākou ʻike. ʻO ka holoʻokoʻa, hāʻawi kā mākou hōʻike iā mākou i kahi ʻike maopopo ʻole o nā ʻōnaehana Berkey, ʻaʻole ia ka hihia me nā mea hana kānana ʻē aʻe.
No ka kānana wai i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ke kūʻai ʻana a mālama ʻana, a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana. Hāʻawi pū lākou i ke kuleana pili i ka hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa a maopopo.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka palekana o ka hapa nui o nā ʻōnaehana wai, no laila inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike he pilikia ma ka ʻāina, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e kānana no nā kumu olakino. Inā he mea hopohopo nui iā ʻoe ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka pilikia, e noʻonoʻo i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kā mākou alakaʻi hoʻomākaukau no ka pilikia, aia nā huahana a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Mai ka makahiki 2016, ua mālama au i kā mākou alakaʻi i nā kānana wai, me nā ipu a me nā ʻōnaehana ma lalo o ka wai. He kanaka noiʻi NOAA mua ʻo John Holecek nāna e hana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka wai no mākou mai 2014. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hoʻonā hoʻāʻo a hana pū me nā labs kūʻokoʻa ma ka inoa o Wirecutter e kākau i kēia alakaʻi a me ke alakaʻi kānana pitcher. Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo EnviroMatrix Analytical e ke Keʻena ʻOihana Aupuni o Kaleponi e hoʻāʻo mau i ka wai inu.
ʻO nā ʻōnaehana kānana ʻo Big Berkey a me nā ʻōnaehana like mai Alexapure a me ProOne (Propur ma mua) he mea kaulana i ka poʻe e hilinaʻi nei i ka wai maikaʻi, aia paha nā mea haumia e hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā mea kanu hoʻōla wai. Loaʻa iā Burkey ka mea hahai nui ma waena o ka poʻe akamai i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka pōʻino a me ka poʻe kānalua aupuni. 1 Hoʻolaha nā mea kūʻai kūʻai Berkey i kēia mau ʻōnaehana ma ke ʻano he mau mea palekana pilikia, a ma kekahi mau manaʻo hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka wai inu kānana a hiki i 170 poʻe i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu o kou hoihoi iā Berkey a i ʻole kekahi ʻōnaehana kānana wai ʻē aʻe, pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo he maʻemaʻe ka nui o ka wai kūloko ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi kānana ke wehe i nā mea haumia ʻaʻole i laila, no laila ke ʻole ʻoe he pilikia ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe i kahi kānana.
Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe hana o ka Big Berkey e hiki i ka mea hana ke hoʻoneʻe ma luna o hoʻokahi haneli mau mea haumia (ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kānana gravity-fed ʻē aʻe a mākou i loiloi ai). No ka mea ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia kēia kānana NSF/ANSI (ʻaʻole like me nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou e paipai nei ma nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe), ʻaʻohe kumu paʻa e hoʻohālikelike ai me nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai ma mua. No laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hana i ka hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa e hoʻāʻo e hana hou i kekahi o kēia mau hopena.
No ka ho'āʻoʻana i kēia mau koi, e like me ka ho'āʻo canister, ua hoʻomākaukauʻo John Holecek i kāna mea i kapaʻia "nā hoʻoponopono pilikia" a holo iā lākou ma o kahi pūnaewele Big Berkey (i hoʻolakoʻia me kahi kānana Black Berkey). A laila hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā laʻana o ka hoʻonā a me ka wai kānana i EnviroMatrix Analytical, kahi keʻena kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa i ʻae ʻia e ka Mokuʻāina o Kaleponi, no ka nānā ʻana. No ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻo Big Burkey, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia i ʻelua mau hopena: ʻo kekahi i loaʻa ka nui o ke kēpau i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, a ʻo kekahi me ka chloroform. E hāʻawi lākou i ka manaʻo o ka pono holoʻokoʻa o ka kānana e pili ana i nā metala kaumaha a me nā pūhui organik.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo John i nā laʻana hoʻomalu e hoʻokō a ʻoi aku paha ma mua o nā mea hoʻohaumia i kuhikuhi ʻia ma ka palapala hōʻoia NSF/ANSI (150 µg/L no ke kēpau a me 300 µg/L no ka chloroform). Wahi a ka Berkey dye test (wikiō), ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka kānana a me ka hana pono ʻana, ua holo ʻo ia i ke galani o ka hopena haumia ma o ka Berkey a hoʻolei i ka kānana (wai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hele i ka kānana). No ke ana ʻana i ka hopena i hoʻohaumia ʻia, kānana ʻo ia i ʻelua mau galani wai ma o Burkey, wehe i kahi hāpana mana mai ke galani lua, a hōʻiliʻili i ʻelua mau mea hoʻāʻo o ka kānana mai ia mea. Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā laʻana hoʻomalu a me ka leachate i EnviroMatrix Analytical no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka chloroform a "makemake" e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hui pū me nā mea hoʻohui ʻē aʻe i kēia manawa, ua hui ʻo John i ka chloroform i loko o ka hopena haumia ma mua o ka kānana ʻana.
Hoʻohana ʻo EnviroMatrix Analytical i ka chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) no ke ana ʻana i ka chloroform a me nā mea hoʻohuihui kūlohelohe ʻē aʻe (a i ʻole VOC). Ua ana ʻia ka ʻike alakaʻi me ka inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) e like me ka EPA Method 200.8.
Kūʻē hapa nā hualoaʻa o EnviroMatrix Analytical a kākoʻo hapa i nā koi a New Millennium. ʻAʻole maikaʻi nā kānana ʻeleʻele Berkey i ka wehe ʻana i ka chloroform. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hana maikaʻi lākou i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke alakaʻi. (E ʻike i ka ʻāpana aʻe no nā hopena piha.)
Ua kaʻana like mākou i kā mākou mau hopena lab me Jamie Young, he chemist a me ka mea nona / mea hoʻohana o kahi hale hoʻāʻo wai i laikini ʻia ma New Jersey (a laila ʻike ʻia ʻo Envirotek) i hoʻoponopono ʻia e New Millennium Concepts (mea hana i ka ʻōnaehana Big Berkey) i kauoha ʻia ma 2014. kāu hoʻāʻo ponoʻī. He kānana Black Berkey kēia. 2 Ua hōʻoia ʻo Young i kā mākou ʻike me ka chloroform a me ke kēpau.
Ua kauoha ʻo New Millennium i nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hala, me hoʻokahi ma 2012 i alakaʻi ʻia e ke Komisina Mahiʻai o Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner/Department of Weights and Measures Environmental Toxicology Laboratory; i loko o kēia hōʻike, chloroform (PDF) ua helu maoli ʻia ʻo Black Berkey e like me nā kūlana o ke keʻena (EPA, ʻaʻole kekahi o nā mea haumia i wehe ʻia e NSF/ANSI). Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma 2012, ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka hana toxicology i ke Keʻena ʻOihana Ola ʻo Los Angeles. Ua hoʻopili mākou iā DPH a ua hōʻoia lākou ua pololei ka hōʻike kumu. Akā, ua wehewehe ʻo New Millennium i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o Young ma ke ʻano he "pōʻai hou loa" a ʻo kāna mau hopena ka mea i helu ʻia ma ka Birkey Water Knowledge Base, kahi i mālama ʻia e New Millennium e papa inoa i nā hopena hōʻike a pane i nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia ma kahi pūnaewele kūʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole kūlike nā protocol hoʻāʻo ʻo Wirecutter, Young a me Los Angeles County. A no ka mea, ʻaʻohe o lākou i kū i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI, ʻaʻohe kumu maʻamau no ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā hopena.
No laila, ʻaʻole hilinaʻi nui ko mākou manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o ka ʻōnaehana Big Berkey i nā hopena o kā mākou hoʻokolohua. He mea maʻalahi ka Big Berkey e hoʻohana a me ke kumu kūʻai e paipai mākou i kahi kānana canister hānai maʻamau no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe heluhelu, ʻoiai ke hana nei ka Berkey i nā mea āpau i koi ʻia e New Millennium hiki ke hana ma ke ʻano he kānana.
Ua ʻoki pū mākou i ʻelua mau kānana Black Berkey e ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana a e ʻike i nā hōʻike i loaʻa iā lākou "ma ka liʻiliʻi loa" ʻeono mau mea kānana like ʻole, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻoihana kūʻai ʻo Berkey. Ua ʻike mākou ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka ʻoi aku o ka kānana Berkey ma mua o nā kānana Brita a me 3M Filtrete, ʻike ʻia he ʻano kānana like lākou: carbon activated impregnated me ka resin exchange ion.
Hāʻule nā ​​ʻōnaehana kānana Berkey i ka ʻāpana nui o nā kānana i hānai ʻia e ka gravity. Hoʻohana kēia mau mea maʻalahi i ka ʻumekaumaha e huki i ka wai kumu mai kahi keʻena luna ma o kahi kānana mesh maikaʻi; ʻohi ʻia ka wai kānana i loko o ke keʻena haʻahaʻa a hiki ke puʻunaue ʻia mai laila. ʻO kēia kahi ala kūpono a hoʻohana nui ʻia, kahi o nā kānana canister he laʻana maʻamau.
He maikaʻi loa nā kānana Berkey i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai inu i haumia me ke kēpau. I kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua hōʻemi lākou i nā pae alakaʻi mai 170 µg/L a i 0.12 µg/L wale nō, ʻoi aku ma mua o ke koi hōʻoia NSF/ANSI no ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pae alakaʻi mai 150 µg/L a i 10 µg/L a i ʻole.
Akā i kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana me ka chloroform, hana maikaʻi ʻole ka kānana Black Berkey, e hōʻemi ana i ka ʻike chloroform o ka hāpana hoʻāʻo ma 13% wale nō, mai 150 µg/L a i 130 µg/L. Pono ka NSF/ANSI i ka ho'ēmi 95% mai 300 µg/L a i 15 µg/L a i ʻole. (Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia kā mākou hoʻonā hoʻāʻo i ka maʻamau NSF/ANSI o 300 µg/L, akā ʻo ka volatility o ka chloroform ʻo ia ka mea e hana koke ai i nā pūhui hou a i ʻole e evaporates, no laila e hāʻule ana kona ʻike i ka 150 µg/L ke hoʻāʻo ʻia. Akā ʻo ka EnviroMatrix Analytical test pū kekahi nā hopu (nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻē aʻe i hiki i ka chloroform ke hana, no laila ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou he pololei nā hopena.) ʻO Jamie Young, he ʻenekini hoʻāʻo wai laikini mai New Jersey nāna i alakaʻi i ka pōʻai hou o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no New Millennium Concepts, i hana maikaʻi ʻole me ka chloroform mai Black. kānana Berkey
Eia nō naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo New Millennium Concepts ma ka pahu kānana e hōʻemi ana ka kānana Black Berkey i ka chloroform e 99.8% i "ma lalo o nā palena hiki ke ʻike ʻia." (Me he mea lā ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia helu ma nā hopena hoʻokolohua i mālama ʻia e ka Los Angeles County Laboratory ma 2012. Loaʻa nā hopena hoʻāʻo [PDF] ma ka waihona ʻike ʻo Berkey Water, i hoʻopili ʻia (akā ʻaʻole ʻāpana o) ka pūnaewele nui Berkey.)
No ka maopopo ʻana, ʻaʻole mākou, Envirotek, a me Los Angeles County i hana hou i ka protocol NSF/ANSI Standard 53 holoʻokoʻa i hoʻohana ʻia no nā kānana gravity e like me ka Black Berkey.
I kā mākou hihia, ua hana mākou i kahi hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua ma hope o ka kānana ʻana o Black Berkeys i kekahi mau galani o ka hopena i hoʻomākaukau ʻia i ka manaʻo kuhikuhi NSF/ANSI. Akā ʻo ka hōʻoia ʻana o NSF/ANSI e koi i nā kānana i hānai ʻia i ka gravity e kū ʻelua i ko lākou kaha kahe helu ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. No ka kānana Black Berkey, ʻo ia ka 6,000 galani.
E like me mākou, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Jamie Young i ka hopena hoʻāʻo i ka NSF/ANSI Standard 53, akā ʻaʻole ia i hele i ka protocol Standard 53 holoʻokoʻa, e koi ana i 6,000 galani o ka hopena contaminant i hoʻohana ʻia e Black Berries e hele i ka kānana. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna mau hoʻāʻo ʻana ua hana maikaʻi ka kānana me ke alakaʻi, kahi i hōʻoia i kā mākou ʻike ponoʻī. Akā naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻokō hou i nā kūlana hoʻoneʻe NSF ma hope o ke kānana ʻana ma kahi o 1,100 mau galani—ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hapakolu o ka New Millennium i koi ʻia he 3,000-galani ola no nā kānana Black Berkey.
Ke hahai nei ke Kalana ʻo Los Angeles i kahi protocol EPA ʻokoʻa kahi e hele ai hoʻokahi laʻana 2-lita o ka hāpana hāpana i loko o ka kānana. ʻAʻole like me mākou a me Young, ua ʻike ka apana ua wehe ka kānana Black Berkey i ka chloroform no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā kūlana, ma kēia hihia ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o 99.8%, mai ka 250 µg/L a i lalo o 0.5 µg/L.
ʻO nā hopena like ʻole mai kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea mai nā labs ʻelua i kauoha ʻia e Burkey e kānalua mākou e ʻōlelo i kēia kānana, ʻoiai ke loaʻa iā ʻoe nā koho i hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa e pane i kēia mau nīnau wehe.
Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, kākoʻo kā mākou ʻike hoʻāʻo i ko mākou kūlana: paipai mākou i nā kānana wai me ka hōʻoia NSF/ANSI, ʻoiai ʻaʻole loaʻa iā Berkey ka palapala hōʻoia. ʻO kēia no ka mea he koʻikoʻi loa nā kūlana hōʻoia NSF/ANSI: hiki i kekahi ke heluhelu iā lākou ma ka pūnaewele NSF. ʻO nā laboratories kūʻokoʻa i ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia NSF/ANSI ua ʻae ʻia lākou. I ko mākou kākau ʻana e pili ana i kēia alakaʻi, ua kamaʻilio mākou me NSF a ʻike mākou e ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai ma mua o $1 miliona no ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia ʻana i nā mea āpau a New Millennium Concepts e ʻōlelo nei e wehe ʻia ka kānana Black Berkey. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo New Millennium ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole pono ka hōʻoia ʻana o ka NSF, me ka haʻi ʻana i ke kumukūʻai ma ke kumu ʻē aʻe ʻaʻole ia i hana i ka hoʻāʻo.
Akā me ka nānā ʻole i ka hana kānana maoli, ua lawa nā pilikia maoli me kēia kānana i maʻalahi iā mākou ke ʻōlelo aku i kekahi o kā mākou mau koho kānana wai ma mua o ka paipai ʻana i ka Big Berkey. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻōnaehana Berkey e kūʻai a mālama ʻia ma mua o kekahi kānana a mākou e ʻōlelo ai. ʻAʻole like me nā kānana a mākou e paipai nei, nui a nani ka Berkey. Hoʻolālā ʻia e kau ʻia ma luna o kahi papa. Akā, ʻoiai he 19 ʻīniha kona kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono ia ma lalo o nā keʻena pā hale he nui, i hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia he 18 iniha ma luna o ka countertop. He kiʻekiʻe loa ka Berkey e kūpono i ka hapa nui o nā hoʻonohonoho friji. Ma kēia ala, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ka wai ma Berkey i ke anuanu (he maʻalahi ke hana me kā mākou luina koho me ka kānana). Hāʻawi ʻo New Millennium Concepts i kahi bracket 5-inch i mea e maʻalahi ai ke kau ʻana i nā goggles ma lalo o ka paipu Big Berkey, akā ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o kēia mau brackets a hoʻohui i ke kiʻekiʻe i kahi ʻāpana kiʻekiʻe.
Ua kākau kekahi mea kākau Wirecutter nona kahi Big Berkey ma mua e pili ana i kāna ʻike: "Ma waho aʻe o ka nui o ka hāmeʻa, hiki ke hoʻopiha maʻalahi ka pahu o luna inā poina ʻoe e hoʻokahe i ka pahu lalo. kaumaha iki a puʻupuʻu a hoʻomaka e kānana koke. No laila, pono ʻoe e hāpai iā ia i wahi no ka kānana kalapona (ʻo ia ka lōʻihi a palupalu) a laila e hoʻokomo i loko o ka poho lalo ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hū ʻana i ka papahele a i ʻole ke pā. “
Loaʻa i kekahi mea hoʻoponopono Wirecutter he Big Berkey (me ka kānana ceramic hiki ke pani ʻia e ka hui) akā ua hoʻōki koke i ka hoʻohana ʻana. "He makana ia na kaʻu kāne no ka mea ua ʻike au i kekahi ma ka hale o kahi hoaaloha a manaʻo wau he ʻono loa ka wai i puka mai," wahi āna. “He mea ʻokoʻa loa ka noho ʻana me kekahi. ʻO ka ʻāpana countertop, ma ka ʻaoʻao a me ke kūpaʻa, he nui a kūpono ʻole. A ʻo ka lumi kuke a mākou i noho ai, he liʻiliʻi loa ia he hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe.
ʻIke pū mākou i ka nui o nā mea nona ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka algae a me ka bacteria, a ʻo ka pinepine, ka mucus i kā lākou Great Berkies. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo New Millenium Concepts i kēia pilikia a paipai i ka hoʻohui ʻana i Berkey Biofilm Drops i ka wai kānana. He pilikia koʻikoʻi kēia a nā mea kūʻai aku Berkey i hoʻolaʻa i kahi ʻaoʻao holoʻokoʻa iā ia.
Manaʻo nā mea kūʻai aku he pilikia ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria, akā ʻōlelo pinepine e hōʻike ʻia ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia me kā mākou mea hoʻoponopono. "Ua hoʻomaka ia ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki," wahi āna. “He ʻono ka wai, a hoʻomaka nā keʻena o luna a me lalo e honi i ka ʻala. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi wau, holoi i nā kānana a wehe iā lākou e kiʻi i nā pili liʻiliʻi a pau, a e holoi pono i loko o ka faucet. Ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau lā. Ma hope o kekahi mau lā, lilo ka ʻala o ka wai i mea maʻamau a laila lilo hou i poʻo. Ua hoʻopau wau iā Birki a ua ʻino wau.
No ka hoʻopau loa ʻana i ka limu liʻiliʻi a me ka maʻi bacteria mai kahi kānana Black Berkey, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻili me Scotch-Brite, e hana like no nā loko o luna a me lalo, a hope loa e holo i kahi hopena bleach ma o ka kānana. Pono ka mālama nui ʻana i kahi mea i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻoluʻolu i ka poʻe e pili ana i kā lākou wai.
Inā mālama ʻoe i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka pōʻino a makemake ʻoe e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai maʻemaʻe i ka wā o ka ulia pōpilikia, paipai mākou e hoʻohana i nā huahana mālama wai i kā mākou alakaʻi hoʻomākaukau no ka pilikia. Inā makemake wale ʻoe i kahi kānana wai paipu maikaʻi, paipai mākou e ʻimi i kahi kānana hōʻoia NSF/ANSI, e like me kā mākou mau alakaʻi i ka Best Water Filter Pitchers a me ka Best Under Sink Water Filters.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānana gravity e hoʻohana i ʻelua mau mea like ʻole e wehe i nā mea haumia mai ka wai. Hoʻopili ʻia ka carbon adsorbs a hoʻopaʻa kemika paha i nā pūhui organik, me nā wahie a me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka aila, nā pesticides a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui. Hoʻopau ka resin exchange Ion i nā metala i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai ka wai, e hoʻololi ana i nā metala kaumaha ʻona (e like me ke kēpau, mercury a me cadmium) me nā metala kaumaha ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi (e like me ka sodium, ka mea nui o ka paʻakai papa).
ʻO kā mākou koho ʻana i nā kānana pitcher (mai Brita) a me nā kānana under-sink (mai 3M Filtrete) i hoʻolālā ʻia i kēia ala. ʻAʻole hōʻike ʻo New Millennium Concepts i ka mea i hana ʻia ai ka kānana Black Berkey, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i kāna hoʻolālā, e komo pū me TheBerkey.com: "Ua hana ʻia kā mākou Black Berkey kānana mea mai kahi hui waiwai o ʻeono mau media like ʻole. Aia nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole o ka formula, e komo pū ana me ke kalapona niu kiʻekiʻe, i hoʻopili ʻia i loko o kahi matrix paʻa loa i loaʻa nā miliona microscopic pores. Ke ʻoki mākou i ʻelua mau kānana Black Berkey, ua hana ʻia lākou me nā ion impregnated i loaʻa nā poloka kalapona hoʻāla e hoʻololi i ka resin. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Jamie Young i kēia ʻike.
He mea kākau koʻikoʻi ʻo Tim Heffernan no ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka wai a me ka pono o ka ikehu home. He mea kōkua mua i ka The Atlantic, Popular Mechanics a me nā nūpepa aupuni ʻē aʻe, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Wirecutter ma 2015. ʻEkolu kāna mau kaʻa a me nā mea hana ʻole.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia mau kānana wai, nā ipu a me nā dispenser e wehe i nā mea haumia a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai inu i kou home.
Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i 13 punawai pipi (a hoʻololi i hoʻokahi i mea pāʻani maʻa), ʻike mākou ʻo ka Puna Puʻa Puka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka hapa nui o nā pōpoki (a me kekahi mau ʻīlio).
ʻO Wirecutter ka lawelawe ʻōlelo paipai huahana ʻo The New York Times. Hoʻohui kā mākou mea hoʻolaha i ka noiʻi kūʻokoʻa me (i kekahi manawa) hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo wikiwiki a hilinaʻi. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā huahana maikaʻi a ʻimi paha i nā ʻōlelo aʻo kōkua, e kōkua mākou iā ʻoe e loaʻa nā pane kūpono (ʻo ka manawa mua).