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For million-dollar water plant filters, why do people accept the documented and repeated failure of plastic block and triangular sheet metal lateral underdrains? And why keep specifying and purchasing the same failure-prone brands?...
Orthos has selected a few key water treatment projects from 2021 to share with you. We have also added key engineering staff members and introduced products such as our R6 Pipe Laterals and Phalanx™ Packaged Filters. We continue to provide resilient and reliable water treatment...
We urge those in our water/wastewater industry to not deceive their clients with disparaging competitive information that isn’t even relevant or valid. Orthos clients value our resiliency, reliability, and permanency. ...
To prevent future filter problems, in your specifications, (1) list a substantial uplift resistance value, (2) ensure the medias are compatible, and (3) require robust commissioning testing. These three easy spec features will go a long way to ensure excellent filter performance....
Some granular activated carbon contactors are built with sloped-floor bottoms to sluice the media towards a central flume for easier removal. Pipe lateral type underdrains are required as common types of underdrains will not work because the floor is not level. Orthos’ R6 pipe...
There are two main design elements that determine pressure drop through a nozzle at a given flowrate. The first is screen construction.The second design element is the bore size of the thread section and the tailpipe, if used....
Orthos dissects a 13-slide presentation by Xylem-Leopold containing a multitude of misinformation and other misleading content against nozzle-based, reinforced-concrete, monolithic underdrain filter systems....
Orthos' new stainless steel filter underdrain, MAXIMUS, solves a number of performance and installation issues and provides excellent distribution robust construction and quick commissioning. ...
MAXIMUS™ “free-flow” filter underdrain is constructed of robust, 10-gauge stainless steel and chemically-anchored to the filter floor using SST hardware for quick installation....
Orthos highly recommends nozzles to be located as close as practicable— this is to ensure effective media cleaning through more points of energy input and to potentially eliminate gravel and other types of problematic packing layers. ...