Drinking Water Filtration

Case Study: Memcor® System Helps Keep Big Apple Water Supply Fresh With one of the world's largest surface water supply networks, New York City delivers nearly 1.3 billion gallons per day of water to eight million city residents along with nearly a million more consumers in four upstate counties, and hundreds of thousands of commuters and tourists. By Siemens Water Technologies

MEMCOR® Continuous Microfiltration System Maximizes Water Resources For The City Of Scottsdale, Arizona

The desert community of Scottsdale, Arizona had no natural surface water sources and a decreasing groundwater supply. Scottsdale had historically treated and disposed of its wastewater.

Finding The Right Pretreatment Mix For RO/Ion Exchange Systems

Smart defense benefits the entire team. Having an ffective, durable water pretreatment system in advance of reverse osmosis (RO) or ion exchange systems is the first, most critical line of defense ensuring smooth, more trouble-free performance downstream. Contributed By Eco-Tec

Case Study: Membrane Filtration System Improves Water Sustainability At NEWater Plant In Changi, Singapore

Due to continuous growth in population and industry, wastewater management and reclamation is an important topic for Singapore to ensure a future sustainable water supply. Although water is precious for this city-state, so is space.

Stinkin' Drinkin' Water No More: Oxidation/Filtration Removes Hydrogen Sulfide

In January 2010, AdEdge Water Technologies, LLC was contacted by Aqua Utilities Florida to provide a hydrogen sulfide removal system for the Lake Josephine Community located in Highlands County, Florida.

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Modular HIT System™

The world’s MBBR/IFAS technology experts at Headworks BIO have developed a smarter way to treat wastewater for reuse. The result is the Headworks Integrated Treatment (HIT) System™: a modular, compact wastewater treatment system designed for smaller communities and industries.

Filtration: Filtomat M100 Series -- Pistonless Model

Water is filtered through the fine screen to the outlet. The filtration cake is accumulated on the inner surface of the fine screen causing pressure differential to build up

Heavy Metal Removal - Electromedia® VI

Electromedia VI provides effective, economical filtration

High Efficiency Filter Cartridges

Shelco Filters' MicroVantage™ high efficiency filter cartridges are the ideal choice when high retention efficiency and outstanding value are essential. Our product range includes high efficiency and absolute rated melt blown depth and pleated filter cartridges to provide multiple options for the filtration process.

Horizontal Filtration Trailer

The HFT is a high-capacity, trailer-mounted system designed to provide temporary water treatment in a wide variety of industrial and municipal applications

Filtration: FA Series Air and Gas Filters

Shelco's FA Filtration Series are ideal for all types of gases and compressed air filtration.

Aqua MiniDisk Cloth Media Filtration System

This filter is designed to provide economical treatment of smaller flows with the added advantage of retrofitting existing traveling bridge sand filters.

Filtration: Filtomat MCFM Series

The MCFM filters remove dirt particles as water flows through the coarse and fine screens to the outlet. The PLC controls the self-cleaning modes required according to the type of dirt and the dirt loads

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Water treatment filtration involves the removal of suspended particles from water by passing the water through a filtration medium. As the water passes through the filter, floc, minerals, microorganisms and other impurities get stuck in the filter and are removed from the filtered water. Passage can be blocked by physical obstruction, biological action, adsorption, absorption or a combination of ways. Filtration is usually the final step in the solids removal process during water treatment which typically begins with coagulation and advances through flocculation and sedimentation.

Unfiltered or turbid water is difficult to disinfect because microorganisms growing on suspended particles are often harder to kill than when they are separated from the particles. Turbidity can also cause unwanted taste and odor issues in the potable water supply. Drinking water filtration is also used to remove microorganisms that are resistant to traditional methods of disinfection such as chlorination. By requiring a low turbidity in finished water, water treatment plants are ensuring that few or no microorganisms such as Giardia are present in finished drinking water.

There are three typical methods of clean water filtration used during the water treatment process. Conventional filtration follows coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation and precedes disinfection. Direct Filtration follows coagulation and flocculation when there is no sedimentation step. The final method called In-Line Filtration takes place without flocculation or sedimentation. A coagulant chemical is added to the water just before filtration and coagulation occurs in the filter.

There are many types of filter media being used in today’s water treatment industry.

Activated Carbon Product Quality Video

Jacobi Carbons obtained ISO 9000 certification in the early 90s and meets ISO 14001 environmental quality standards. This video focuses on Jacobi Carbon's worldwide quality assurance practices and philosophy.