Filter Backwashing
09/25/25
“Why can we clean filters by pumping water backwards?”
Filters collect trapped material over time. Sometimes this piles up so much that it hampers further treatment. To solve this, infrastructure operators can pump water in the other direction to remove water from filtration. This Filter Backwashing is vital for treatment maintenance.
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