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He nui ka poʻe hahai kaulana o nā kānana wai ʻo Big Berkey. Ua noiʻi mākou i nā ipu kānana wai maikaʻi loa a me nā kānana wai ma lalo o ka poho wai maikaʻi loa no nā makahiki he nui, a ua nīnau pinepine ʻia mākou e pili ana i ka Big Berkey. Ua ʻōlelo ka mea hana hiki i kēia kānana ke wehe i nā mea haumia he nui aʻe ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e like me kā mākou mau koho kānana ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole i hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa ʻia ʻo Big Berkey i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI.
Ma hope o 50 mau hola o ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hale hana kūʻokoʻa o nā koi a ka mea hana ʻo Big Berkey, ʻaʻole kūlike loa kā mākou mau hopena hoʻāʻo, a me nā hopena o kahi hale hana ʻē aʻe a mākou i kamaʻilio pū ai a me ke kolu o ka hale hana nona nā hopena i loaʻa i ka lehulehu. Manaʻo mākou e hōʻike hou ana kēia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka palapala hōʻoia NSF/ANSI: hiki iā ia ke ʻae i nā kānaka e hana i nā hoʻoholo kūʻai ma muli o ka hoʻohālikelike hana ʻāpala-a-ʻāpala hilinaʻi. Eia kekahi, ʻoiai 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 poho holoi, ʻaʻole mākou e paipai iā ia inā ua hōʻoia ʻia.
ʻOi aku ke kumukūʻai o nā ʻōnaehana countertop a me nā kānana Berkey ma mua o nā koho kānana wai ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hoʻohana. ʻAʻole i hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa ʻia nā koi hana a nā mea hana e nā kūlana aupuni.
ʻO New Millennium Concepts, ka mea hana o ka Big Berkey, ke koi nei e hiki i ke kānana ke wehe i nā mea haumia he haneli, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha a mākou i loiloi ai. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i kēia mau koi ma kahi pae palena, a ʻaʻole kūlike mau kā mākou mau hopena me nā hopena keʻena hoʻokolohua i kauoha ʻia e New Millennium. ʻO ke kikoʻī, ʻo nā hopena mai ka keʻena hoʻokolohua a mākou i kauoha ai a mai ka keʻena hoʻokolohua a New Millennium i hana ai i ka ʻaelike i hōʻike koke nei ʻaʻole i like ka maikaʻi o ka kānana chloroform me ke kolu o ka hoʻāʻo mua (i hōʻike pū ʻia ma nā palapala huahana o New Millennium).
ʻAʻohe o nā hoʻāʻo a mākou e ʻōlelo nei ma ʻaneʻi (ʻaʻole kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a Envirotek a i ʻole ka hoʻāʻo ʻaelike New Millennium a Los Angeles County Laboratory) e kū i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o NSF/ANSI. ʻO ke kikoʻī, koi ʻo NSF/ANSI i ke ʻano o ke kānana i hoʻohana ʻia e Berkey e hala i ʻelua manawa o ka mana i helu ʻia o ke kānana e ana ʻia ai ka wai hoʻoneoneo ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i nā ana. ʻOiai ʻo nā hoʻāʻo a pau a mākou e ʻaelike ai me New Millennium, i ka maikaʻi o ko mākou ʻike, he kikoʻī a ʻoihana, hoʻohana kēlā me kēia i kāna iho, ʻaʻole nui ka hana. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe o nā hoʻāʻo i hana ʻia i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI piha, ʻaʻohe o mākou ala maopopo e hoʻohālikelike pololei ai i nā hopena a i ʻole e hoʻohālikelike i ka hana holoʻokoʻa o ke kānana Burkey i nā mea a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai 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 he pilikia kou 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 hana manawa pōkole.
Ma waho aʻe o ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā hopena hoʻokolohua kūʻē, ʻaʻole i pane mai ʻo New Millennium Concepts i nā noi ninaninau he nui e kūkākūkā i kā mākou mau ʻike. Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, hāʻawi kā mākou mau hōʻike iā mākou i kahi ʻike maopopo ʻole o nā ʻōnaehana a Berkey, ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano me nā mea hana kānana ʻē aʻe he nui.
No ka kānana wai o kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hapa nui o nā kānana pitcher a me nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF/ANSI, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana, a maʻalahi hoʻi e hoʻohana. Hāʻawi pū lākou i ke kuleana e pili ana i ka hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa a moakāka.
E hoʻomanaʻo i ka palekana maoli o ka hapa nui o nā ʻōnaehana wai o ke kūlanakauhale, no laila ke ʻole ʻoe e ʻike he pilikia ma kahi kūloko, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e pono i ka kānana no nā kumu olakino. Inā he mea nui ka mākaukau no ka pilikia, e noʻonoʻo i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mai kā mākou alakaʻi mākaukau no ka pilikia, nona nā huahana a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka mālama ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe.
Mai ka makahiki 2016, ua nānā au i kā mākou alakaʻi i nā kānana wai, me nā pitchers a me nā ʻōnaehana ma lalo o ka poho holoi. He mea noiʻi mua ʻo John Holecek no NOAA nāna i hana i nā hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka wai no mākou mai ka makahiki 2014. Ua hana ʻo ia i nā hoʻonā hoʻāʻo a ua hana pū me nā keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa ma ka inoa ʻo Wirecutter e kākau i kēia alakaʻi a me ke alakaʻi kānana pitchers. Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo EnviroMatrix Analytical e ke Keʻena Ola Kino o Kaleponi e hoʻāʻo mau i ka wai inu.
ʻO nā ʻōnaehana kānana Big Berkey a me nā ʻōnaehana like mai Alexapure lāua ʻo ProOne (ʻo Propur ma mua) he mea kaulana ia i waena o ka poʻe e hilinaʻi nei i ka wai luawai, kahi paha e loaʻa ai nā mea haumia e hoʻoneʻe ʻia e nā hale hana mālama wai o ke kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa iā Burkey kahi poʻe hahai nui i waena o nā loea hoʻomākaukau pōpilikia a me nā mea kānalua o ke aupuni. 1 Hoʻolaha nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo Berkey i kēia mau ʻōnaehana ma ke ʻano he mau mea palekana pilikia, a ma kekahi mau kuhi hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka wai inu i kānana ʻia a hiki i 170 mau kānaka i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻOiai ke kumu o kou hoihoi iā Berkey a i ʻole kekahi ʻōnaehana kānana wai ʻē aʻe, pono mākou e hoʻomaopopo he maʻemaʻe loa ka hapa nui o ka wai kūlanakauhale ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hoʻomaka ʻana. ʻAʻohe kānana e hiki ke wehe i nā mea haumia i loaʻa ʻole, no laila ke ʻole ʻoe he pilikia i ʻike ʻia, ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e pono i kahi kānana.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hana o ka Big Berkey hiki i ka hāmeʻa ke wehe i nā mea haumia he haneli (ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā kānana ʻē aʻe i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha a mākou i loiloi ai). ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia kēia kānana e NSF/ANSI (ʻaʻole like me nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou e paipai nei i nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe), ʻaʻohe o mākou kumu paʻa e hoʻohālikelike ai iā ia me nā kānana ʻē aʻe a mākou i hoʻāʻo ai ma mua. No laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hana i nā hoʻāʻo kūʻokoʻa e hoʻāʻo e hana hou i kekahi o kēia mau hopena.
No ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēia mau koi, e like me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka canister, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo John Holecek i kāna mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "nā hoʻonā pilikia" a holo iā lākou ma o kahi ʻōnaehana Big Berkey (i lako me kahi kānana Black Berkey). A laila hoʻouna ʻo ia i nā laʻana o ka hopena a me ka wai kānana iā EnviroMatrix Analytical, kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa i ʻae ʻia e ka Mokuʻāina o Kaleponi, no ka nānā ʻana. No ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻāʻo Big Burkey, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo ia i ʻelua mau hopena: hoʻokahi e loaʻa ana ka nui o ke kēpau i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, a ʻo kekahi e loaʻa ana ka chloroform. E hāʻawi lākou i kahi manaʻo o ka pono holoʻokoʻa o ke kānana e pili ana i nā metala kaumaha a me nā hui organik.
Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo John i nā laʻana hoʻomalu e hoʻokō a ʻoi aku paha i nā ʻano haumia 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 hoʻāʻo ʻana o ka dye Berkey (wikiō), ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hoʻokomo ʻia ke kānana a hana pono, ua holo ʻo ia i kahi galani o ka hopena haumia ma o Berkey a hoʻolei i ka filtrate (wai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hala ma o ke kānana). No ke ana ʻana i ka hopena haumia, ua kānana ʻo ia i ʻelua galani o ka wai ma o Burkey, wehe i kahi laʻana hoʻomalu mai ka lua o ka galani, a hōʻiliʻili i ʻelua mau laʻana hoʻāʻo o ka filtrate mai ia mea. A laila ua hoʻouna ʻia nā laʻana hoʻomalu a me nā leachate iā EnviroMatrix Analytical no ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. No ka mea, he mea lele loa ka chloroform a "makemake" e mahu a hui pū me nā hui ʻē aʻe i loaʻa, ua hoʻohui ʻo John i ka chloroform i loko o ka hopena haumia ma mua o ka kānana ʻana.
Hoʻohana ʻo EnviroMatrix Analytical i ka gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) e ana i ka chloroform a me nā hui organik volatile ʻē aʻe (a i ʻole VOC). Ua ana ʻia ka ʻike kēpau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) e like me ke ʻano EPA 200.8.
Kūʻē iki nā hopena o EnviroMatrix Analytical a kākoʻo iki i nā koi a New Millennium. ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa nā kānana ʻeleʻele Berkey i ka wehe ʻana i ka chloroform. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, hana maikaʻi loa lākou i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kēpau. (E nānā 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 keʻena hoʻāʻo wai i laikini ʻia ma New Jersey (i ʻike ʻia ʻo Envirotek) i hoʻoponopono ʻia e New Millennium Concepts (ka mea nāna i hana i ka ʻōnaehana Big Berkey) i kauoha ʻia i ka makahiki 2014. kāu hoʻāʻo ponoʻī. He kānana Black Berkey kēia. Ua hōʻoia ʻo 2 Young i kā mākou mau ʻike me ka chloroform a me ke kēpau.
Ua kauoha ʻo New Millennium i nā hoʻokolohua ʻē aʻe i ka wā ma mua, me hoʻokahi i ka makahiki 2012 i mālama ʻia e ke Komisina Mahiʻai o Los Angeles County/Department of Weights and Measures Environmental Toxicology Laboratory; ma kēia hōʻike, ua helu ʻia ʻo chloroform (PDF) ʻo Black Berkey e like me nā kūlana o ka ʻoihana (EPA, ʻaʻole kekahi o nā mea haumia i wehe ʻia e NSF/ANSI). Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻoili ʻia ka hana toxicology i ka Los Angeles Department of Public Health. Ua hoʻokaʻaʻike mākou iā DPH a ua hōʻoia lākou ua pololei ka hōʻike mua. Akā ua wehewehe ʻo New Millennium i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o Young ʻo ia ka "puni hou loa" a ʻo kāna mau hopena ka mea hou loa i helu ʻia ma ka Birkey Water Knowledge Base, kahi a New Millennium e mālama nei e papa inoa i nā hopena hoʻāʻo a pane i nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia ma kahi pūnaewele kūʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole kūlike nā kaʻina hana hoʻāʻo a Wirecutter, Young a me Los Angeles County. A no ka mea ʻaʻohe o lākou e kū i nā kūlana NSF/ANSI, ʻaʻohe o mākou kumu maʻamau no ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā hopena.
No laila, ʻaʻole hilinaʻi nui ko mākou manaʻo holoʻokoʻa no ka ʻōnaehana Big Berkey i nā hopena o kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo. He maʻalahi ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Big Berkey a he kūpono hoʻi ke kumukūʻai no laila ke paipai nei mākou i kahi kānana canister hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha maʻamau no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe heluhelu, ʻoiai ke hana nei ka Berkey i nā mea āpau a New Millennium i ʻōlelo ai hiki iā ia ke hana ma ke ʻano he kānana.
Ua ʻokiʻoki pū mākou i kekahi mau kānana Black Berkey e ʻike i ke ʻano o ko lākou kūkulu ʻia ʻana a e ʻike i nā hōʻike e loaʻa ana iā lākou "ma ka liʻiliʻi" ʻeono mau mea kānana like ʻole, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku o Berkey. Ua ʻike mākou ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka mānoanoa o ke kānana Berkey ma mua o nā kānana Brita a me 3M Filtrete, me he mea lā he ʻano kānana like ko lākou: kalapona i hoʻoulu ʻia i hoʻopiha ʻia me kahi resin hoʻololi ion.
Hāʻule nā ​​ʻōnaehana kānana Berkey i loko o ka māhele nui o nā kānana i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha. Hoʻohana kēia mau mea hana maʻalahi i ka umekaumaha e huki i ka wai kumu mai kahi keʻena o luna ma o kahi kānana mesh maikaʻi; hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka wai i kānana ʻia ma ke keʻena o lalo a hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia mai laila mai. He ʻano hana kūpono a hoʻohana nui ʻia kēia, kahi o nā kānana canister he laʻana maʻamau.
He kūpono loa nā kānana Berkey i ka mālama ʻana i ka wai inu i haumia ʻia me ke kēpau. I kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana, ua hoʻemi lākou i nā pae kēpau mai 170 µg/L a i 0.12 µg/L wale nō, kahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o ke koi hōʻoia NSF/ANSI o ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā pae kēpau mai 150 µg/L a i 10 µg/L a i ʻole ka haʻahaʻa.
Akā i kā mākou mau hoʻāʻo me ka chloroform, ua hana maikaʻi ʻole ka kānana Black Berkey, e hōʻemi ana i ka ʻike chloroform o ka hāpana hoʻāʻo ma ka 13% wale nō, mai 150 µg/L a i 130 µg/L. Pono ʻo NSF/ANSI i ka hōʻemi 95% mai 300 µg/L a i 15 µg/L a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi. (Ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia kā mākou hopena hoʻāʻo i ke kūlana NSF/ANSI o 300 µg/L, akā ʻo ka volatility o ka chloroform ʻo ia hoʻi ke hana koke nei i nā hui hou a i ʻole e evaporate, no laila e hāʻule ana kona ʻano i 150 µg/L i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ʻia ai. Akā ua hopu pū ka hoʻāʻo EnviroMatrix Analytical (nā hui organik volatile ʻē aʻe e hiki ai i ka chloroform ke hana, no laila ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ua pololei nā hopena.) ʻO Jamie Young, he ʻenekinia hoʻāʻo wai laikini mai New Jersey nāna i mālama i ka pōʻai hoʻāʻo hou loa no New Millennium Concepts, ua hana maikaʻi ʻole hoʻi me ka chloroform mai ka kānana Black Berkey.
Eia nō naʻe, ke koi nei ʻo New Millennium Concepts ma ka pahu kānana e hōʻemi ana ka kānana Black Berkey i ka chloroform ma 99.8% i "ma lalo o nā palena i ʻike ʻia e ka hale hana." (Me he mea lā ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia helu ma nā hopena hoʻāʻo i mālama ʻia e ka Los Angeles County Laboratory i ka makahiki 2012. Loaʻa nā hopena hoʻāʻo [PDF] ma ka waihona ʻike Berkey Water, i hoʻopili ʻia i (akā ʻaʻole he ʻāpana o) ka pūnaewele Berkey nui.)
I mea e maopopo ai, ʻaʻole mākou, ʻo Envirotek, a ʻaʻole hoʻi ʻo Los Angeles County i hana hou i ke kaʻina hana NSF/ANSI Standard 53 holoʻokoʻa i hoʻohana ʻia no nā kānana umekaumaha e like me ka Black Berkey.
I ko mākou hihia, ua hana mākou i kahi hoʻāʻo hoʻokolohua ma hope o ka kānana ʻana o ka Black Berkeys i kekahi mau galani o ka hopena i hoʻomākaukau ʻia i ka NSF/ANSI reference concentration. Akā, koi ka palapala hōʻoia NSF/ANSI i nā kānana i hānai ʻia e ka umekaumaha e kū i ʻelua manawa o ko lākou kaha kahe i helu ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. No ke kānana Black Berkey, ʻo ia hoʻi he 6,000 galani.
E like me mākou, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻo Jamie Young i ka hopena hoʻāʻo no ka NSF/ANSI Standard 53, akā ʻaʻole i hala i ke kaʻina hana piha o ka Standard 53, kahi e pono ai he 6,000 galani o ka hopena haumia i hoʻohana ʻia e Black Berries e hele ma waena o ke kānana. Ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna mau hoʻāʻo ua hana maikaʻi hoʻi ke kānana me ke kēpau, ka mea i hōʻoia i kā mākou mau ʻike ponoʻī. Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻokō hou i nā kūlana wehe NSF ma hope o ke kānana ʻana ma kahi o 1,100 galani—ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hapakolu o ke ola o New Millennium he 3,000-galani no nā kānana Black Berkey.
Ua hahai ʻo Los Angeles County i kahi protocol EPA ʻokoʻa kahi e hele ai hoʻokahi wale nō hāpana 2-lita o ka hopena hāpana ma o ke kānana. ʻAʻole like me mākou a me Young, ua ʻike ka ʻāpana ua wehe ka kānana Black Berkey i ka chloroform e hoʻāʻo i nā kūlana, ma kēia hihia ʻoi aku ma mua o 99.8%, mai 250 µg/L a i lalo o 0.5 µg/L.
ʻO nā hopena kūlike ʻole mai kā mākou hoʻāʻo ʻana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea mai nā keʻena hoʻokolohua ʻelua i kauoha ʻia e Burkey e kānalua ai mākou e ʻōlelo aku i kēia kānana, ʻoiai ke hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā koho ʻē aʻe i hōʻoia kūʻokoʻa ʻia e pane ana i kēia mau nīnau ākea.
Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, kākoʻo kā mākou ʻike hoʻāʻo i ko mākou kūlana: paipai mākou i nā kānana wai me ka palapala hōʻoia NSF/ANSI, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe palapala hōʻoia o Berkey. ʻO kēia no ka mea he koʻikoʻi loa a moakāka nā kūlana hōʻoia NSF/ANSI: hiki i kekahi ke heluhelu iā lākou ma ka pūnaewele NSF. ʻO nā keʻena hoʻokolohua kūʻokoʻa i ʻae ʻia no ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia NSF/ANSI ua ʻae pono ʻia lākou iho. I ko mākou kākau ʻana e pili ana i kēia alakaʻi, ua kamaʻilio mākou me NSF a ua ʻike mākou he ʻoi aku ma mua o $1 miliona ke kumukūʻai e hana i ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia o nā mea āpau a New Millennium Concepts i ʻōlelo ai ua wehe ʻia e ka kānana Black Berkey. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo New Millennium ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia he mea pono ʻole ka palapala hōʻoia NSF, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ke kumukūʻai ma ke ʻano he kumu ʻē aʻe i hana ʻole ai i ka hoʻāʻo.
Akā, ʻoiai me ka nānā ʻole i ka hana kānana maoli, ua lawa nā pilikia maoli me kēia kānana i maʻalahi iā mākou ke paipai i kekahi o kā mākou mau koho kānana wai ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka paipai ʻana i ka Big Berkey. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai o ka ʻōnaehana Berkey e kūʻai a mālama ma mua o nā kānana a mākou e paipai nei. ʻAʻole e like me nā kānana a mākou e paipai nei, he nui a nani ka Berkey. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kau ʻia ma luna o kahi papaʻaina. Akā no ka mea he 19 ʻīniha ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole ia e kūpono ma lalo o nā cabinets paia he nui, i hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia he 18 ʻīniha ma luna o ke countertop. He kiʻekiʻe loa hoʻi ka Berkey e kūpono i ka hapa nui o nā hoʻonohonoho friji. Ma kēia ʻano, ʻaʻole ʻoe e mālama i ka wai ma Berkey i ke anuanu (he mea maʻalahi ke hana me kā mākou koho luina me ke kānana). Hāʻawi ʻo New Millennium Concepts i kahi bracket 5-ʻīniha 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 e pili ana i kāna ʻike: "Ma waho aʻe o ka nui loa o ka hāmeʻa, hiki ke hoʻopiha maʻalahi ka pahu o luna inā poina iā ʻoe e hoʻokahe i ka pahu o lalo. he kaumaha iki a nui a hoʻomaka koke ia e kānana. No laila pono ʻoe e hāpai i luna e hana i kahi no ke kānana kalapona (he lōʻihi a palupalu) a laila e kau i loko o ka poho lalo ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana e liki ma ka papahele a i ʻole ke pākaukau."
ʻO kekahi mea hoʻoponopono Wirecutter ʻē aʻe he Big Berkey kānana (me ke kānana keramika hiki ke pani ʻia o ka hui) akā ua hoʻōki koke i ka hoʻohana ʻana. "He makana ia mai kaʻu wahine no ka mea ua ʻike au i kekahi ma ka hale o kahi hoaaloha a ua manaʻo wau he ʻono maikaʻi loa ka wai i puka mai," wahi āna. "He mea ʻokoʻa loa ka noho ʻana me kekahi. ʻO ka ʻāpana countertop, ma ke ʻano ākea a me ke kū pololei, he nui a ʻaʻole kūpono. A ʻo ka poho holoi kīhini a mākou i noho ai he liʻiliʻi loa ia a he hana luhi ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe."
ʻIke pū mākou i nā mea nona ka nui e hoʻopiʻi nei e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka algae a me ka bacteria a, ʻo ka hapa pinepine, ka mucus i kā lākou Great Berkies. Ua ʻike ʻo New Millenium Concepts i kēia pilikia a paipai i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā Berkey Biofilm Drops i ka wai i kānana ʻia. He pilikia koʻikoʻi kēia i hoʻolaʻa ai nā mea kūʻai aku Berkey he nui i kahi ʻaoʻao holoʻokoʻa nona.
Ua ʻae ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku he pilikia paha ka ulu ʻana o ka bacteria, akā pinepine lākou e ʻōlelo e ʻike ʻia ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka hoʻohana ʻana, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia me kā mākou mau mea hoʻoponopono. "Ua hoʻomaka ia ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki," wahi āna. "He ʻono ʻawaʻawa ka wai, a hoʻomaka nā keʻena o luna a me lalo e honi ʻawaʻawa. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono wau ia mea, holoi i nā kānana a wehe iā lākou e hiki ai i nā pilina liʻiliʻi a pau, a e hōʻoia e holoi i loko o ka faucet. Ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻekolu paha lā. Ma hope o kekahi mau lā, ua lilo ke ʻala o ka wai i mea maʻamau a laila lilo hou i ʻōpala. Ua hoʻopau wau i ka hoʻōki ʻana iā Birki a ua manaʻo wau he maikaʻi ʻole."
No ka wehe loa ʻana i ka limu a me ka slime bacteria mai kahi kānana Black Berkey, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka ʻili me Scotch-Brite, e hana like no nā waihona luna a me lalo, a laila e holo i kahi hopena bleach ma o ke kānana. Pono ia i ka nui o ka mālama ʻana no kahi mea i hoʻolālā ʻia e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka poʻe e pili ana i ko lākou wai.
Inā ʻoe e mālama nei i ka mākaukau no nā pōpilikia a makemake ʻoe e hōʻoia i loaʻa iā ʻoe ka wai maʻemaʻe i ka wā o nā pilikia, paipai mākou e hoʻohana i nā huahana mālama wai ma kā mākou Alakaʻi Hoʻomākaukau Pōpilikia. Inā makemake wale ʻoe i kahi kānana wai paipa maikaʻi, paipai mākou e ʻimi i kahi kānana i hōʻoia ʻia e NSF/ANSI, e like me kā mākou alakaʻi i nā Pitchers Kānana Wai Maikaʻi Loa a me nā Kānana Wai Ma lalo o ka Pīhi Maikaʻi Loa.
Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā kānana umekaumaha i ʻelua mau mea like ʻole e wehe i nā mea haumia mai ka wai. Hoʻopili ke kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia a hoʻopaʻa paha i nā hui organik, me nā wahie a me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe i hana ʻia ma ka petroleum, nā pesticides he nui a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau he nui. Wehe nā resins hoʻololi ion i nā metala i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia mai ka wai, e pani ana i nā metala kaumaha ʻawahia (e like me ke kēpau, mercury a me ka cadmium) me nā metala kaumaha māmā, ʻaʻole nui nā mea ʻino (e like me ka sodium, ka mea nui o ka paʻakai papaʻaina).
Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kā mākou koho ʻana o nā kānana pitcher (mai Brita) a me nā kānana ma lalo o ka poho wai (mai 3M Filtrete) ma kēia ʻano. ʻAʻole hōʻike ʻo New Millennium Concepts i ka mea i hana ʻia ai ke kānana Black Berkey, akā ua hoʻolaha kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku i kona hoʻolālā, me TheBerkey.com: "Hana ʻia kā mākou ʻāpana kānana Black Berkey mai kahi hui ponoʻī o ʻeono mau media like ʻole. Loaʻa i ke ʻano hana nā ʻano like ʻole, me ke kalapona pūpū niu kiʻekiʻe, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kahi matrix liʻiliʻi loa e loaʻa ana he miliona o nā pores microscopic. " I ko mākou ʻoki ʻana i loko o kahi pālua o nā kānana Black Berkey, ua hana ʻia lākou me nā ion i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā poloka kalapona i hoʻāla ʻia e hoʻololi ana i ka resin. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Jamie Young i kēia ʻike.
He mea kākau kiʻekiʻe ʻo Tim Heffernan i loea i ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka wai a me ka pono o ka ikehu home. He mea kōkua mua ʻo ia no The Atlantic, Popular Mechanics a me nā makasina aupuni ʻē aʻe, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Wirecutter i ka makahiki 2015. ʻEkolu ona paikikala a ʻaʻohe ona kia.
Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia mau kānana wai, nā pitcher, a me nā mea hoʻokaʻawale wai e wehe i nā mea haumia a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o ka wai inu i loko o kou home.
Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i 13 mau puna wai holoholona (a me ka hoʻolilo ʻana i hoʻokahi i mea pāʻani nau), ua ʻike mākou ʻo ka Cat Flower Fountain ka mea maikaʻi loa no ka hapa nui o nā pōpoki (a me kekahi mau ʻīlio).
ʻO Wirecutter ka lawelawe ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huahana a The New York Times. Hoʻohui kā mākou poʻe kākau moʻolelo i ka noiʻi kūʻokoʻa me (i kekahi manawa) hoʻāʻo koʻikoʻi e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo koke a hilinaʻi i kahi hoʻoholo kūʻai. Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā huahana maikaʻi a i ʻole e ʻimi nei i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kōkua, e kōkua mākou iā ʻoe e loaʻa nā pane kūpono (i ka manawa mua).