Aqua MegaDisk®
Cloth Media Filter
The Aqua MegaDisk® tertiary filter “expands” on the reliability and exceptional performance of the original AquaDisk® filter, but on a larger scale. The Aqua MegaDisk offers larger diameter disks and fewer mechanical components than the AquaDisk filter. The result is the smallest footprint available, operating in 80% less space than sand filters with comparable hydraulic capacity.
How It Works
Aqua MegaDisk® OPERATION
Filtration Mode
- Inlet wastewater enters the filter by gravity via the Influent Channel
- Stationary Cloth Media Disks are completely submerged
- Wastewater flows through the Cloth Media Disks as solids are retained and stored within the depth of the pile cloth
- Gravity conveys the filtrate, collected in the hollow center tube, to the Effluent Channel
- Heavier solids settle to the tank bottom
Backwash Mode
- Cloth Media Disks are automatically backwashed clean
- Disks rotate slowly for cleaning as filtration continues uninterrupted
- Backwash Shoes contact the cloth media directly and solids are removed by vacuum pressure from the Backwash/Solids Pump
- Backwash water is redirected to the headworks
Solids Wasting Mode
- Backwash/Solids Pump provides suction to the Solids Collection Manifold for wasting of settled solids
Features & Specifications
- Utilizes exclusive OptiFiber cloth filtration media
- Each disk is approximately 10′ in diameter, the largest cloth disk available
- Eight (8) lightweight, removable segments for ease of maintenance
- Up to 24 disks in a single filter, capable of treating 24 MGD
- Fully automatic PLC control system
- Low hydraulic profile
- Available in painted steel, stainless steel or concrete tanks
Benefits
- Fewer filters required, resulting in a smaller footprint and lower capital and operating costs
- Low energy consumption since disks are stationary, except when backwashing
- Fewer pumps and valves needed means lower maintenance costs
- Higher solids and hydraulic loading rates
Plant Photos
Applications
Related Resources
| Resource Categories | Title | Summary | Download Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. Overview Video | ||
| Brochure | Aqua MegaDisk® Brochure | ||
| Video | AquaDisk Cloth Media Filter Video | ||
| Video | Backwash Mode – Cloth Media Filter | ||
| Success Story | Cloth Media Application Profile | Cloth Media Filtration Removes Coal Ash and Coal Fines at Power Plant | |
| Brochure | Cloth Media Filtration Brochure | ||
| Brochure | Cloth Media Filtration Brochure en Espanol | ||
| Brochure | OptiFiber® Pilot System | ||
| Success Story | Talladega, Alabama | Talladega Water & Sewer installs first Aqua MegaDisk® Cloth Media Filter in Alabama. | |
| White Paper | Tertiary Disk Filters at the Kitchener WWTP |