Got water?

We just received our own Berkey water filtration system a few days ago. We've been doing a little research into different brands and what they are capable of, and ended up choosing the Berkey. The Berkey Filter is a gravity fed filtering system based off of a time tested British design which uses ceramic "candles" to filter the water. Pour the cleanest water you can find (this can include river water, if that is all you can find) and after about an hour or two you'll have some great drinkable filtered water. These filters are so good that they can even filter out food coloring from your water! The system we got is called the BIG BERKEY. We ordered 4 of the "candles" in the set but we are only using two, so we'll have extra on reserve. The system comes with plugs to allow you to block off two of the holes to the lower filtered chamber. The extra filters allow you to filter water at a faster rate and can filter around 3000 gallons (all depending on how bad the water is). The construction is all stainless steel with a plastic water tap, base and filter plugs. The only down side I've noticed so far is that I'm afraid that if I happen to knock it over, it will be severely dented and won't piece together properly. Overall, we think that it's a great buy and it's also a reassurance having a non-electrical alternative to getting pure drinking water.