Due to water shortages, increased demand, and heightened awareness, many breweries and distilleries have taken steps to increase water efficiency and to implement water saving techniques in their brewing. Utilizing a myriad of methodologies and technologies, an increasing number of today’s breweries have begun to focus on brewing beer…

B4-90 filter with 100 micron screen and 9-volt battery-operated backwash controller Many farms/orchards still use wasteful sand/media filters as the main form of filtration upstream of drip and other irrigation systems. When backwashing, Forsta self-cleaning screen filters use, on average, less than 3% of the volume of…

Forsta Filters worked with the City of Carlsbad to replace a failed secondary effluent filtration system. See the full article: FORSTA SOLVES DIFFICULT SECONDARY EFFLUENT FILTRATON PROBLEM FOR CITY OF CARSLBAD, CA RESTORES WATER RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OF NON-POTABLE WATER FOR IRRIGATION…

Many facilities work with space constraints when planning for new or replacement equipment. Forsta’s dual and triple configuration single-unit filters are a great way to address space limitation.  …

Forsta’s presentation to the City of Long Beach water Department was held at the Groundwater Treatment Plant where ~35 attendees included operators, engineers and additional site personnel. One of the main subjects covered in the presentation was; improving on the problematic service requirements associated with their old equipment. In the…

      Failed Secondary Effluent Filters                    Forsta Replacements 2x E12-LP180 Forsta replaces failed secondary effluent filters with reliable equipment, custom tailored to unique secondary effluent characteristics. Complete technical case study coming soon…

Filtration for Mining Water Use 3x F12-LP180V-316L Model Filters with High Porosity 200u 316L Stainless Screens Like other industries, mining operations of all varieties rely on water. According to the USGS, the United States mining industry withdrew an…

            The irrigation pump station shown above had a carbon steel filter whose epoxy coating issues were becoming a serious problem. The equipment specialist described the situation saying, “I’ve seen many of these filters with patches welded on them and…

Shown below: 3x Forsta model C8-LP180-CS pump station filters (pump station service strainers) each handle 1000gpm at 200u filtration. Low-pressure (motor-driven) filters operate down to 15-20psi. Custom 3-station PLC-based control panel operating the filters in parallel. Energy and water efficient filter models comply with strict specification guidelines…

Long Beach, California was home to two exciting filtration related events at the start of 2017. The AWWA’s Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition was an exciting gathering space for engineers, operators, and OEM’s working at the forefront of membrane applications. The Forsta booth provided an excellent meeting ground…

Forsta’s SWRO pretreatment filters which became operational in August of 2016 made news in the December 5 issue of the Water Desalination Report. The 180 Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Series filters offer a perfect solution for corrosion resistance in brackish, brine and seawater filtration applications. All wetted components…

Automatic Seawater Filters: Shipboard Reverse Osmosis Desalination Forsta Filters has recently collaborated with BluMetric Environmental Inc. to provide custom automatic self-cleaning water filters for shipboard reverse osmosis desalination (SROD). The M2-90 U-Stamped ASME model filters for BluMetric are custom…