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  1. Vect

    Pressure Sand Filter Media Options

    Ok, thanks for the comments. I'll report back when i have the water analysis
  2. Vect

    Pressure Sand Filter Media Options

    The equipment i'm looking at is rated at ~30 m3/h when really we only need 24 m3/h, so we have some extra capacity. The water contamination isn't too heavy, it looks relatively colourless (slight green/brown hue) when it jets out of the sample point and when it runs through the rotameters, but...
  3. Vect

    Pressure Sand Filter Media Options

    Hello, I've had a search through previous posts but they couldn't answer my questions. I've been charged with solving our process water issues, which comes from a borehole full of iron-rich water. This has caused most of the front end water storage and pumping equipment to be coated in the...
  4. Vect

    Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?

    If one did exist, the pump would be on the surface and the water 60m below the surface.
  5. Vect

    Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?

    Chlorine/Hydrochloric acid completely ruins our product. I guess i'll replace the existing pump with a more powerful version and crack down on the maintenance team. Perhaps a Rapid sand filter or similar to remove the entrained sludge would be an option, at least then the downstream equipment...
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    Large amount of suction lift - is this possible?

    Hello, We currently have a submerged multi-stage centri pump ~60m down a borehole pumping water in underground (~5m below surface) tanks. The water has a high Iron content and as a result, bacteria have caused havoc with the resulting rusty slime reducing the throughput of the system. A lack of...

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