Water/Waste Processing - Feb 2012
a very high recovery for reuse Eatons DCF filter with mechanical cleaning of the filter media was selected adds Riddle Eaton worked with the GTEC design team to confirm the selection of the DCF filter and also to provide a specialized stainless steel support base welded to the filter This was important to satisfy a GTEC approach that called for the integration of Write In 110 www waterwaste com Water Waste Processing February 2012 17 the filter within the available confined space Results The initial testing was conducted using a synthetic shower water substitute that purposefully far exceeded actual shower waste In these testing conditions the removal of waste with the Eaton DCF filter was essentially 100 percent The cleaning cycle was also shortened somewhat and the pressure drop stayed within our required limit reports Riddle He adds that the Shower Water Reuse Systems and Eatons filter had no problems with actual shower wastewater when tested at the Fort Dix U S Army installation in New Jersey Additionally during testing at the U S Army Aberdeen Test Center in Maryland there were no problems with road shock and vibration or with the temperature extremes that military equipment must withstand Deliveries of the systems began in late 2010 and continued through 2011 The Shower Water Reuse Systems with the Eaton filters are currently in operation in Afghanistan saving money for the military through reuse and saving lives through the reduced demand for trucked water which carries the inherent risk of an improvised explosive device attack or some other act of terrorism says Riddle Eaton Corporation www eaton com Write In 202
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