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Triangular Underdrains are a type of underdrain made of thin stainless steel sheet metal with laterals connected directly to a center flume or to an end flume box with gaskets. Tango Uniform laterals are short with a small cross-sectional area compared to plastic block or Orthos...
Ortho-Wash™ baffled troughs are also used when sustained air-water backwash is needed, allowing the efficient combined cleaning process to run as long as necessary....
Orthos has been staying busy with numerous ongoing projects. We wanted to share a few of our favorites with you in this short highlight reel. Also, see a sneak peek into a few of our upcoming projects that will fully kick off in 2023....
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....