Filter Ag Media – Urbans Aqua

Filter Ag® Media Overview

Urbans Aqua stocks filter media for quick shipment.
Filter media types are various and often specific to applications.
Urbans Aqua works closely with manufacturers to understand media limitations and practical application.
When introducing new products, we connect the manufacturer to dealers across to country to measure the perceived results against actual.
Filter-Ag® is silica, crystalline quartz media. Commonly used in sediment filters for the reduction of suspended solids down to the 20-40-micron range.

Very good at trapping the fragile iron flock that forms after soluble or dissolved iron is oxidized via aeration, ozonation and chlorination.
Its larger particle size creates less pressure drop and allows deeper sediment penetration into the bed for higher sediment loading and longer filter runs.
Filter-Ag® systems have a smaller footprint and require less water.
Shipping cost is lower than comparable, high density products.

Replacement of sand with Filter-Ag® in existing installations may increase capacity by 100%. Adjust for its light weight before starting up. Sand is 100 lbs. per cubic foot. Filter-Ag® is 25 lbs. per cubic foot.
Filter-Ag® filters can be positioned ahead of softeners.
Bed Depth 24-36”
Max Temperature: 140° F
Freeboard: 50%
Service flow rate: 5 gpm per ft²
Backwash rate: 8-10 gpm per ft²
Backwash bed expansion: 20-40%
Soak overnight before backwashing