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