Problem and Objective Gull Lake in central Alberta was challenged by falling water levels from the 1920s to the 1970s. In 1976,  Alberta Environment (AEP) implemented a stabilization system to pump water into the lake from the Blindman River via a pump house, 30-inch pipeline and canal.

Forsta Self-Cleaning Filters Ensure Reliability of Cooling Systems During the COVID-19 crisis, a California-based biomedical facility relies on self-cleaning filters to continue producing plasma therapies and other products. According to the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, installing a sidestream filtration system to cleanse cooling tower water…

Forsta Self-Cleaning Filters Improve Reclaimed Water System at Long Beach City College 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…

CASE STUDY – PROMOTING WATER CONSERVATION: Forsta Self-Cleaning Filters Utilized in On-Site Treatment & Reuse of Stormwater in the Irrigation of Temescal Canyon Park and Surrounding Area According to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works/Bureau of Engineering, “In…

CASE STUDY – INDUSTRIAL WATER FILTRATION: Injection Molding Forsta Filters recently conducted a case study on an industrial process water filtration installation at GI Plastek’s Wolfeboro, NH injection molding facility. The study, which includes particle analysis data from before and after the Forsta system, highlights how the injection molding…

Mesa Agro-Industrial needed a maintenance-free, automatic, self-cleaning filtration system for a 1000+ acre banana and green plantain farm in Puerto Rico. Mesa needed to help their client protect the drip irrigation system that supplies water to the banana and plaintain groves. The farm pulls water from an irrigation canal that…

FORSTA SELF CLEANING FILTERS IMPROVE COOLING TOWER & FACILITY OPERATIONS From criminal databases, to aluminum wheels, and apples, three case studies detailing the effectiveness of Forsta self cleaning filters in facilities with cooling towers. Case #1: F.B.I. CJIS Division: Clarksburg, WV…

Case #1: City of Steamboat Springs Wastewater Treatment City of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. After extensive processing, the city’s treated effluent is discharged into the Yampa River. Digested sludge from the aerobic process (biosolids) are applied to the land as soil conditioner for grass hay crops. Forsta…

Mark A. Presley, Maintenance & Environmental Engineer at RG Steel needed a solution for protecting spray nozzles.  River water screened to 1200 micron constituted the spray water being used for cooling in the steel making process.  The river water coming into the system was causing the spray nozzles to become…

Forsta Filters, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of water filtration systems used in industrial, municipal and irrigation applications, has installed one of its self-cleaning systems at a 70-year-old company specializing in protective packaging materials for fresh fruits and vegetables.  …