Automatic Backwash Filter
The AquaABF® Automatic Backwash Filter has received wide acclaim for over 25 years of successful performance in industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment. The AquaABF has been proven to be an efficient means of treating potable water, reducing suspended solids and turbidity and in industrial process makeup water, and providing reuse quality effluent in municipal wastewater applications.
The AquaABF filter is a continuous rapid-rate, gravity filter utilizing granular media. The filter is simple to operate and offers a competitive cost and energy efficient design, making it the logical alternative to other filtration systems.
| Features | Advantages | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptable design utilizes cast-in-place concrete or steel package tanks - Concrete filters available in standard widths of 1.8, 2.7, 3.8, and 4.9 m - Package filters available in sizes ranging from 1.2 m x 2.4 m to 2.7 m x 12.2 m Mono media sand, dual media sand and anthracite, or granular activated carbon Continuous filtration, even during backwash mode Fully automatic; minimal operator attention required | High quality effluent Low maintenance; no pipe galleries or air blowers Low head requirements Low capital cost and installation cost | Municipal Water - Turbidity reduction - Colour reduction - Organics removal - Iron and mineral removal - Taste and odour control Municipal Wastewater - Suspended solids reduction - BOD, COD, TOC reduction - Reuse - Wastewater odour control Industrial Water or Wastewater - Solids removal - Turbidity reduction of process makeup water - Chemical precipitate removal - Toxic chemical reduction - Suspended solids, BOD, COD, TOC reduction |
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Typical Concrete AquaABF® Filter
