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2. Gravity filtration - Wikipedia

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   This filter is an open sand filter system used for water treatment in low budget environments. It can suit a variety of pressure-controlled backwashing. This filter is an automatic gravity filter that uses different pressures and backwashes the system with an injector. The system has no controls. The filters have no moving parts and no pumps.

3. Rapid sand filter - Wikipedia

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   The rapid sand filter or rapid gravity filter is a type of filter used in water purification and is commonly used in municipal drinking water facilities as part of a multiple-stage treatment system. [1] These systems are complex and expensive to operate and maintain, and therefore less suitable for small communities and developing nations.

4. Sand filter - Wikipedia

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   Sand filter used for water treatment. Sand filters are used as a step in the water treatment process of water purification. There are three main types; rapid (gravity) sand filters, upward flow sand filters and slow sand filters. All three methods are used extensively in the water industry throughout the world.

5. Slow sand filter - Wikipedia

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   Slow sand filters are recognized by the World Health Organization, [15] Oxfam, [16] and the United States Environmental Protection Agency [17] as being a superior technology for the treatment of surface water sources in small water systems. According to the World Health Organization, "Under suitable circumstances, slow sand filtration may be ...

6. Backwashing (water treatment) - Wikipedia

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   Diatomaceous earth filters are backwashed according to the proprietary arrangement of pumps, valves and filters associated with the filtration system. [2] Slow sand filters and self-cleaning screen filters employ mechanisms other than backwashing to remove trapped particles. To keep water treatment filters functional, they have to be cleaned ...

7. Portable water purification - Wikipedia

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   Carrying iodine for water purification is an imperfect but lightweight solution for those in need of field purification of drinking water. Kits are available in camping stores that include an iodine pill and a second pill (vitamin C or ascorbic acid ) that will remove the iodine taste from the water after it has been disinfected .