Technical Specifications
This page is the authoritative reference for every technical figure about the earthfilter. Where figures elsewhere differ, the values on this page apply.
Water dispenser or filter system?
Two different things are often confused when it comes to capacity. The glass water dispenser on its own holds 15 litres. As soon as the ceramic filter is inserted, it takes up space inside and the water can only rise to its bottom edge - the lower container then holds 6.5 litres. Together with the 3 litres in the filter, that gives a system capacity of 9.5 litres. So 15 litres describes the container, 9.5 litres the finished filter system.
Capacity
- Water dispenser (glass container)container volume without the filter inserted
- 15 L
- Total system capacityfilter on top and container below combined, in operation
- 9.5 L
- Filter reservoir (ceramic filter on top)top-up volume, e.g. morning and evening
- 3 L
- Filtered-water storage (below)with the ceramic filter inserted
- 6.5 L
Filtration performance
- Flow ratehand-made natural product - every filter is individually tested for its filtration performance after production
- approx. 1 L/h
- Microplasticsparticle size 1 to 5,000 µm
- 99.9998 %
- Bacteria (E. coli)at every concentration tested
- 100 %
- ParasitesGiardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba histolytica
- 100 %
- Chlorinefree and combined; 0.04-0.05 mg/l after filtration
- > 99 %
- Heavy metals11 heavy metals and trace elements tested
- 87 % to > 99 %
- Pharmaceutical residuesdepending on the substance; hormones 99 % to 99.75 %
- 80 % to 99.75 %
Maintenance & replacement intervals
- Replace filter ballsactivated carbon, zeolite and alkaline minerals - their binding capacity is exhausted after that
- every 3 months
- Clean ceramic filterbrush down with the enclosed metal brush; reopens the pores
- every 3 to 6 months
- Replace ceramic filterroughly 4,380 L at around 6 L daily consumption in a 2-3 person household
- approx. every 2 years
Material & construction
- Filter bodywith colloidal silver as an antimicrobial barrier
- porous ceramic (clay)
- Filter media
- activated carbon, zeolite, anti-chlorine media, alkaline minerals
- Container
- glass
- Tap
- stainless steel
- Legs
- wood
- Freedom from contaminantsceramic tested under EU food-contact law (EC Regulation 1935/2004)
- BPA-free
- Production
- Europe and Kenya
- Operationno electricity, no plumbing connection, no waste water
- gravity-fed
Lab reports
Every filtration-performance figure comes from independent test reports by the Dr. Pötsch laboratory. We publish them in full and unaltered - here are the original documents.
- 99.99% MicroplasticsView original report (PDF)
- >99% ChlorineView original report (PDF)
- 99.90% Heavy metalsView original report (PDF)
- 99.76% PharmaceuticalsView original report (PDF)
- 100% BacteriaView original report (PDF)
- 100% Parasites, pollen & other particlesView original report (PDF)