| home water filters use either a matted material | | | | unit. |
| which is layers of fibers which trap contaminates | | | | The system which the industrial water filtration |
| or charcoal filters which trap contaminates | | | | units are able to cleanse water is so efficient that |
| because charcoal is naturally charged with positive | | | | it is able to remove over 90 percent of |
| ions; these positive ions attract the contaminates | | | | contaminates over 5 microns; microns are the unit |
| which are naturally charged with negative ions. | | | | of measurement filtration systems use to |
| Industrial water filters are designed for removing | | | | describe the size of contaminates allowed to |
| manufacturing wastes such as chemicals, heavy | | | | escape the filtration process, the smaller the |
| metals, or oily residues; power plants, oil refineries, | | | | number in microns the more contaminates it |
| steel and aluminum plants, chemical producers, soil | | | | removes from the water. |
| Reclamation and other like businesses have need | | | | This type of industrial water filtration unit is often |
| for industrial water filters to minimize the amount | | | | a large tank which is able to cleanse water in large |
| of harmful waste to leave their manufacturing | | | | batches; no chemicals are required because the |
| process. | | | | media and screen take all contaminates out of the |
| Instead of charcoal or meshed material to filter | | | | water before it is released. Most industrial water |
| the water, industrial water filters use sand or | | | | filtration tanks are able to cleanse between 100 to |
| walnut shell media and a screen to filter large | | | | 12,000 gallons per minute depending on the size of |
| amounts of water with the aide of an agitator to | | | | the tank. |
| thoroughly clean the factories water. | | | | This type of industrial water filtration unit is very |
| The media (either sand or walnut shell) captures | | | | economical; the media product is reusable, the |
| the solid particles such as oils, chemicals, or heavy | | | | tank has a cleaning cycle which cleans the media |
| metals; the agitation allows the sand to connect | | | | itself so the same media material can be used |
| with the water thoroughly and the screen in | | | | over and over. During the cleaning process less |
| combination with the agitator force the media | | | | than one percent of the water is needed to be |
| back to the bottom of the industrial water | | | | sprayed of he tanks total capacity to get rid of |
| filtration unit when the cleaning process is finished | | | | the built up contaminates with out polluting the |
| so the clean water can be discharged from the | | | | environment. |