EGL PuraciteTM specializes in the production of anthracite filter media for drinking water, sewage treatment, industrial and petro-chemical applications. Optimisation solutions for filtration applications often lie in the filter media bed and improving its performance.

Increasingly stringent effluent water quality and backwash re-use guidelines are driving the specific need for the water treatment industry to optimise and upgrade filtration systems. EGL Puracite™ filter anthracite offers many advantages over traditional filter anthracite.

As compared to traditional filter anthracite of the same size, EGL Puracite™ can:

• Lower required backwash rates by 35%
• Decrease backwash volume
• Decrease intermixing
• Improve compatibility in a dual media design

The advantages of EGL Puracite™ can be realised in a wide range of granular media filtration processes, including: surface and ground drinking water treatment, sewage treatment, industrial and petro-chemical applications. Numerous filtration facilities in Europe, Asia and North America are currently using EGL Puracite™ filter anthracite.

Replacing existing filter anthracite with EGL Puracite™ can:

• Produce longer filter runs
• Reduce headloss
• Provide greater solids holding capacity

Puracite filter anthracite is carefully selected for its:

• Consistency - 100% Welsh anthracite
• Inertness
• Filtration characteristics
• Backwash characteristics
• Retention of particle shape