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NATURAL HOME WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM

The most effective and affordable way to ensure safe & great tasting drinking water.

AUSTRALIAN MADE STONEWARE SYSTEM

High fired stoneware is non-toxic and will not add any impurities to the water.

DOULTON CERAMIC FILTER

100 % Natural filtration. Sub Micron filters using ceramic and carbon.

Why do we need to filter our drinking water?

Town or municipal water can contain variable levels of contaminants such as chlorine, bacteria, cryptosporidium, giardia, rust etc. Private water supplies such as wells, bores, springs, streams and rainwater tanks have not been treated so can easily be contaminated with bacteria, cryptosporidium and giardia. Any water can contain large amounts of unwanted impurities such as mud, silt, rust, etc. The pipes carrying and supplying the water may be adding impurities as well.

Are you getting enough?

Water that is.

Did you know that water is the most important nutrient required by our bodies? Water makes up about two thirds of our body weight. Health experts recommend you replace 2-3 litres of water per day. The water you drink literally becomes you!

Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, believed that to cure the patient you need to stimulate the "Ponos" or the self healing spirit of the body. He did this through optimum nutrition and pure drinking water!

Beechmountain Pottery -- Beechmont -- Gold Coast
Queensland .... Australia

Durand Water Filter Systems are a healthy, attractive, benchtop, domestic water filter system, ideal for home and the office, that stores cool GREAT tasting drinking water at an affordable price.

Our Australian made water filter systems use a replaceable & affordable "Royal Doulton" ceramic, & activated carbon filter candle which removes unwanted impurities from your water supply.

Durand Water Filters are gravity fed and do not require any electricity or plumbing, and are NOT a "fixed installation", so they are easy to move and clean.

Durand stoneware water filter systems are all hand made and decorated at "Beechmountain Pottery" on the "Beechmont" plateau in the Gold Coast Hinterland, just 40 minutes away from the Gold Coast, and a little over an hour from Brisbane, here in 'sunny' Queensland, Australia.

Made with lead free glazes, Durand Water Filters are the perfect non-toxic way to filter your own water. They make an attractive and healthful addition to any home, office or workplace.

The Durand Water Filters are designed to fit all major brands of ceramic replacement filters, we presently choose to offer the Durand Water Filter system fitted with what we consider the world's best ceramic filter element, the "Royal Doulton Ceramic Filter Candle"

Producing Clean, Safe Drinking Water.
(for less than 2 cents a litre
with NO installation costs)

The "Durand Water Filters" stand approximately 480mm to 500mm high, and 250mm to 270mm wide.

"One Of A Kind" & "Deluxe Twin Filter" Water Filter Systems

Deluxe Twin Filter Systems

Whilst our 12 litre, single filter systems will produce around 6 to 8 litres per day, and are designed for the average household, your requirements may be greater.

Our "Twin Filter" systems feature a larger "filtered water" container, and 2 filters for a faster water filtration rate. These larger, twin filter systems are ideal for the office, workshop, gym, coffee shops, and restaurants due to the higher filtration speed, and higher overall capacity.

The twin filter systems are also ideal if your water has a high degree of sediment from tank, bore, creek or dam, that may slow the filtration rate.

This "Twin Filter" system will give twice the flow rate of a "Single Filter" system.

Note:- Deluxe Twin Filter Systems may require "slimline" filters ... order here. The filters are the same price with the same filtration specifications ... just a differrent size.

"One Of A Kind" Water Filter Systems - In co-operation with some local artists, and from our desire to create 'something special every day', comes your chance to purchase one of these "Limited Edition" systems.

These "Limited Edition" systems are available in single and twin filter format.

We accept payment via direct deposit, money order, cheque, or credit card. Purchases can be made over the phone, by fax or email. (P.S. we DO accept credit card orders over the phone etc.) You can also shop confidently online for any of our products, using the safety & security of our "SSL Certified" shopping cart. If you have any questions or special requirements please email us at beechmountpottery @ bigpond.com or phone us on (07) 55 333 611, or fax (07) 55 333 660.

Our office hours are 8am - 1pm, Monday to Friday.

or SnailMail us at: durandoffice @ bigpond.com

Judy Durand
Durand Water Filters
32A Jardine Rd
Lower Beechmont Qld 4211
ph-07 553 33611
fax 07 553 33660
www.durand.com.au
durandoffice @ bigpond.com
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From Jim McCanney Science: www.jmccanneyscience.com

History of Doulton® Water Filters

There is a need for the true history of gravity feed water filters to be published ... 1) because i have to explain why i have taken on the Doulton line of gravity feed water filters (because they are the oldest and most respected water filter company in the world) and 2) because of the increasing number of pseudo-named water filter companies attempting to adopt the Doulton history where it is not authorized ... Doulton as you will see obtained the Royal Seal of the Queen of England and IS THE OFFICIAL WATER FILTER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY ... other companies who sold Doulton filters recently and only for a short time and then changed their names and products to other similar products are trying to state that they have supplied the royal family with water filters or have the Doulton history ... which is simply not true ... efforts are under way to get these false histories on web sites to stop their distortions of history ... in the mean time here is the real history and you will see why i am selling the Doulton brand water filters ... i get my products directly from Doulton so you know you are getting the highest standards in controlled manufactured water filter products ... jim mccanney

John Doulton

On the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, John Doulton was taken into partnership by the widow Martha Jones who had inherited from her late husband a pottery in Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, by the side of the Thames river. Her foreman John Watts was included in the partnership and the new firm became Jones, Watts and Doulton Company. John Doulton founded his first pottery that same year, 1815, at Lambeth, England on the banks of the Thames river. The following symbol is the original Doulton Lambeth registration in England.

The main products of the original company were ceramic busts, figurines, canning jars and tableware. Influenced by the unrelenting progress of the Industrial Revolution, Doulton placed equal emphasis on industrial applications for ceramic technology. It was John Doulton's son, Henry, however, who carried that tradition of the Lambeth pottery to its zenith.

Henry Doulton

As early as 1827, Henry Doulton developed ceramic filters for removing bacteria from drinking water. "Offensive to the sight, disgusting to the imagination and destructive to the health" This was how London drinking water, drawn from the Thames, was described in a pamphlet published in 1827. The Thames was heavily contaminated with raw sewage; cholera and typhoid epidemics were rampant. The first Doulton® water filters were made using various earth and clay materials. By the time Queen Victoria came to the throne, Doulton was well established as a manufacturer of domestic and industrial products in a fine stoneware body that bore comparison with any in Europe.

Queen Victoria

In 1835, Queen Victoria recognized the present health dangers in her drinking water and commissioned Doulton to produce a water filter for
the Royal household. Doulton created a gravity fed stoneware filter that combined the technology of a ceramic filter with the artistry of a hand crafted pottery water container. By 1846, the Lambeth factory was in the vanguard of the revolution in sanitation technology and products which Chadwick, and the great reformers of the day, brought to metropolitan England. Without the hard work and foresight of Henry Doulton that revolution would have been delayed by decades.

Henry Doulton introduced the Doulton® Manganous Carbon water filter in 1862, the same year that Louis Pasteur's experiments with bacteria conclusively exploded the myth of spontaneous generation and proved that all microorganisms arise from other microorganisms.

Louis Pasteur's research into bacteria made it possible to focus the efforts of Doulton Filter's Research and Development toward the creation of a porous ceramic capable of filtering out these tiny organisms. With Pasteur's advancements in microbiology, Doulton's Research and Development department, headed by Henry Doulton, created micro porous ceramic (diatomaceous earth) cartridges capable of removing bacteria with better than 99% efficiency.

Doulton Filters were rapidly adopted by the military, Crown Agents, hospitals, laboratories and domestic users throughout the world. In 1862, Doulton filters shown at the Kensington International Exhibition proudly wore the Royal arms of Queen Victoria.

King Edward VII

In 1882 Henry Doulton acquired a small factory in the Midlands, motherland of the Staffordshire potteries and the home of the Doulton Drinking Water Purifier. In 1901, King Edward VII knighted Henry Doulton and in 1902 King Edward VII conferred the double honor of the royal warrant and the specific - as opposed to the assumed - right to use the title "Royal" for his work on drinking water filtration.

This Royal Warrant authorized the company to use the word ROYAL in reference to its products. Along the way the honors were won at the great
international exhibitions in Chicago and Paris and the range of products proliferated. Queen Victoria bestowed upon Doulton the right to embellish
each of its units with the ROYAL CREST.

In 1906, Doulton introduced a filter that proved to be equal to the one Louis Pasteur had developed in France. It was rapidly adopted by hospitals, laboratories and for use in domestic water filtration throughout the world. The popularity and effectiveness of even the early 20th century designs has resulted in their continued use world wide. The range and efficiency of Doulton® domestic water filters have been widely extended over the years to meet the demands of increasingly sophisticated uses.

Doulton® ceramics are now in use in over 150 countries.

British Berkefeld® is a registered trade name of Doulton Company

DO NOT CONFUSE BERKEFELD WITH COMPANIES USING SIMILAR NAMES

British Berkefeld® was previously owned by Berkefeld-Filter, a German company that started manufacturing filters in the late 1800’s. In 1919, Berkefeld-Filter was awarded to Slack & Brownlow as part of reparations by the League of Nations after World War I, at that time the name was then changed to British Berkefeld® to show the products were now of British manufacture. Slack & Brownlow were then acquired by Portals Water Treatment (now Portacel) and in 1985 the domestic water filter division was acquired by Doulton Industrial Products, the manufacturer of Royal Doulton® water filters.

Today the Doulton® and British Berkefeld® names are the preferred choice for water purification products in world-wide locations where outbreaks of illness are associated with unreliable water supplies.

NOW HERE IS WHERE THE MODERN DECEPTIONS HAVE CREPT IN ... there are people claiming the Berkefeld name and history who are selling products that are not manufactured by Doulton OR the Doulton Subsidiary British Berkefeld and are using deceptively similar names ... as i stated before ... i get the products i sell directly from Doulton and thus you know you are purchasing the products with high standards in design and manufacturing ... jim mccanney

Now for the final chapter in the Doulton history ...

Finally, the modern Doulton stainless steel housing (pictured at left) uses up to 4 of the Doulton 7" white ceramic shell with carbon interior filter elements. The 3 part ceramic filter element with inner carbon core is the ultimate evolution in design of the portable kitchen and emergency water filter. The ceramic filter meets NSF standards requiring NO leaching of the filter element into the final water supply as well as the filtration standards for pathogens, chemicals such as chlorine and other harmful water born contaminants. I also received an exclusive to sell the small personal "MINI" Doulton water filter (pictured at the right with one 7" Doulton filter element). This highly portable unit is available exclusively to my audience. It was originally designed for special forces use for their personal water supply when on operations.

You may now see why it is important today to show the true history of the gravity feed water filters and where the commonly used names came from and some of the misuse of names and history that is occurring today. Due to issues occurring in the water filter industry I adopted the Doulton line of water filters to provide my customers with products of the oldest and most trusted name in the industry. I procure my products directly from Doulton assuring you that the high standards and testing of products gives you the best cleanable gravity feed water filters in the world.

Link to this webpage: http://www.jmccanneyscience.com/DoultonWaterFilterInformationSub-Page.HT...

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"Original" Water Filter Systems
o DURAND STONEWARE
"Fluoride Reduction" Water Filter Systems
o DURAND STONEWARE
"Deluxe Twin Filter" & "One Of A Kind"
Water Filter Systems
o BRITISH BERKEFELD
Water Filter Systems
o FAIREY CERAMICS
Countertop Water Filter System

* Replacement Filters
o DOULTON SUPERSTERASYL
"GRAVITY" Replacement Filters
o DOULTON ULTRACARB
"PRESSURE" Replacement Filters
o A-2
Fluoride/Arsenic Reduction
Replacement Elements

* Spare Parts
o Taps
o System Parts
o Fluoride Retro-Fit Kit

* Care, Maintenance & FAQ's
* Retail Outlets
* Testimonials

* Kombucha Jars
* Water Storage & Juice Containers
* Workshop, Gallery & More Pottery
* Clay Making & History of Pottery
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Judy Durand
Durand Water Filters
32A Jardine Rd
Lower Beechmont Qld 4211
ph-07 553 33611
fax 07 553 33660
www.durand.com.au
durandoffice @ bigpond.com