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