Heavy metals and toxic elements such as iron, manganese, and arsenic, which are frequently encountered in groundwater sources, wells, and some surface waters, pose huge threats to both human health and industrial equipment.
Although iron and manganese are colorless when dissolved in water, they cause yellow, brown, and black precipitates when they come into contact with air or oxidize.
These precipitates cause permanent stains on laundry, manufactured textile products, and ceramic surfaces.
They also pave the way for narrowing in pipelines and bacterial growth (iron bacteria).
Arsenic is a much more dangerous toxic substance with proven carcinogenic effects, and its legal limits in drinking water are subject to extremely strict rules.
Our specially designed Iron-Manganese-Arsenic filter systems have been developed to completely remove these specific pollutants from water.
In the design of these systems, special catalytic filter media (Birm, Greensand Plus, or arsenic-specific resins/media) are used depending on the raw water characteristics.
The filtration process is generally based on the principle of first oxidizing these substances in water into insoluble solid particles and then catching them in the catalytic media bed.
Air, sodium hypochlorite, or potassium permanganate can be injected into the water via dosing pumps for the oxidation process.
The water passing through the catalytic filter bed is completely purified from its iron, manganese, and arsenic content and brought to safe parameters.
Our filters, equipped with fully automatic automation systems, clean themselves by making regular automatic backwashes depending on the accumulated metal precipitates.
In this way, a clear and healthy water source, free from heavy metal risks, is guaranteed for your enterprise or residential area