Dozens of team members at a process filter manufacturer have stepped inside a mobile container that helps deliver their technology to UK water companies.
In emergencies such as floods, droughts and other interruptions, millions of households and businesses rely on the quality of drinking water supplied through filtration equipment housed in ‘R31 containers’.
Filter maker Amazon Filters recently hosted a visit by a container at its Camberley, Surrey, production centre, giving colleagues from various departments a behind-the-scenes chance to see how their cartridges and housings operate in situ.
An ‘R31 container’ is so-called because it conforms to an approved list of products and materials for the supply of public drinking water set down under Regulation 31 of the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016.
Amazon Filters’ SupaSpun II absolute-rated depth filters are also on the approved list and therefore installed in an R31 container.
Project Engineer Dalvir Ubhi, who co-ordinated the container’s visit and led the display, said: “The manifold pipes bend 90 degrees toward the longer side of the container, rather than going out straight through the short wall.
“We also provide a set of platform steps to allow any engineer a safe way to access the cartridges for maintenance or replacement.
“R31 containers are used for both emergencies and regular supply activity and are mobile installations so can be moved from site to site as required.”
Amazon Filters has made and supplied filtration solutions to the water industry in the UK and Europe for nearly 40 years.
Based on flow rates and projections, cartridge filtration from the firm has seen more than 350 billion litres of water filtered by UK water companies in the past year, ensuring a safe, clean and consistent supply to tens of millions of homes and businesses.
Amazon Filters team goes ‘behind scenes’ in water industry container
