Forsta Self-Cleaning Filter Improves Residential Irrigation System by Removing Debris from Irrigation Canal

According to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works/Bureau of Engineering, “In November 2004, the voters of the City of Los Angeles passed Proposition O, a Clean Water Bond, authorizing $500 million of general obligation bonds for projects to protect public health and the environment by cleaning pollution, including bacteria and trash, in the City’s watercou...

Long Beach City College needed to upgrade and automate its reclaimed water irrigation system. The existing pump was not big enough to allow for automatic filtration. The system had been utilizing a maintenance-heavy manual filter to protect irrigation equipment, and was only able to provide enough pressure to irrigate one zone at a time.

According to the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, installing a sidestream filtration system to cleanse cooling tower water will help maintain water efficiency across facilities. Although this applies to many types of applications and throughout industries, systems that are exposed to a large amount of airborne particulates are at a greater risk for co...