Leopold Filters

Filtration Products and Services

Type SL® Universal®
Underdrain

Type S® Universal®
Underdrain
with I.M.S® Media
Retainer
• Air Header Piping Systems
• Straight Line & S-Type
Surface Agitators
• TroughGuard™ Media
Retaining Baffle
• Flat Bottom Flume® Filter Engineered Filter
• elimi-NITE™ Media® Products
Denitrification Systems

FilterWorx™ Automatic Filter

Control System
Fiberglass
Wash-Water Trough
Filtration Cycle
Air/Water Backwash cycle

• Suspended particulates
are removed from water
by flowing the water via
gravity through a dual
media – usually
anthracite coal over
sand – at a high rate.

• The solids are removed

within the depth of the
granular material.

• Filtered water is
removed from the flter
through an underdrain
system for further
downstream treatment.
Filtration Cycle
Air/Water Backwash cycle
• Cleaning the filter media is
accomplished with an upflow water
wash with either full bed
fluidization or subfluidization,
depending on the media.

• Air scour ensures thorough

cleaning resulting from higher
shear forces in the media bed and
abrasion between grains.

• The volume of water above the

filter bed increases to just about
the edge of the backwash water
troughs.

• Dirt is dislodged and flushed out of

the media, pushed to the surface
of the water by the upward flow,
and captured via water overflow
into the waste gullet.

• Dirty backwash water is evacuated

from the filter for recovery.
Leopold Type S® Universal® Underdrain

• The dual parallel lateral underdrain

provides superior distribution of
backwash water and air.

Leopold Type S® Universal® Underdrain

with I.M.S ® Media Retainers
 Single Pass Systems

Dual Parallel by Leopold

 Water
Recovery
Channel
Baffle Reduces Level Sensitivity
Air Distribution Pipe

• When air piping is required, it is

made of stainless steel and
designed to provide uniform
distribution of air for air scour.
 Front Flume

Influent

Air Scour
Flume
Filter to Waste
Clearwell
Backwash

Center Flume

Air Scour
Backwash
Flume

Air Release Valve

H Flume

Air Scour Air Wall Sleeve

Water Wall Sleeve Flume

Backwash Pipe
Flume

• For new construction, a Leopold

filter can be arranged with a cost-
saving Leopold Flat-Bottom Flume,
as shown here, or front flume,
center flume, or H flume to achieve
the best and most cost-effective
layout.
New Construction
Front Flume
• A Leopold filter can be arranged Front Flume
with a front flue, center flume or H
flume to achieve the best and most
cost-effective layout. A Leopold Influent
Flat-Bottom Flume filter allows
substantial cost savings in
excavation and support structure.
The air distribution header is
engineered by Leopold to meet
specific backwash requirements Air Scour
and custom-fabricated to fit Flume
specific filter designs. The Leopold
Filter to Waste
Application Engineering Group is
ready to determine the best and Clearwell
Backwash
most cost-effective layout for your
filter.
New Construction
Center Flume
• A Leopold filter can be arranged Center Flume
with a front flue, center flume or H
flume to achieve the best and most
cost-effective layout. A Leopold
Flat-Bottom Flume filter allows
substantial cost savings in
excavation and support structure.
The air distribution header is
engineered by Leopold to meet
specific backwash requirements
and custom-fabricated to fit
specific filter designs. The Leopold
Application Engineering Group is Air Scour
Backwash
ready to determine the best and
most cost-effective layout for your Flume
filter.
New Construction
H Flume
• A Leopold filter can be arranged H Flume
with a front flue, center flume or H
flume to achieve the best and most
Air Release Valve
cost-effective layout. A Leopold
Flat-Bottom Flume filter allows
substantial cost savings in
excavation and support structure.
The air distribution header is
engineered by Leopold to meet Air Scour Air Wall Sleeve
specific backwash requirements
and custom-fabricated to fit
specific filter designs. The Leopold
Application Engineering Group is Water Wall Sleeve Flume
ready to determine the best and
most cost-effective layout for your
Backwash Pipe
filter.
New Construction
Flat Bottom Flume
• A Leopold filter can be arranged Flat Bottom Flume
with a front flue, center flume or H
flume to achieve the best and most
cost-effective layout. A Leopold
Flat-Bottom Flume filter allows
substantial cost savings in
excavation and support structure.
The air distribution header is
engineered by Leopold to meet Air Scour
specific backwash requirements
and custom-fabricated to fit
specific filter designs. The Leopold
Application Engineering Group is
ready to determine the best and
most cost-effective layout for your
filter.
Backwash Pipe
IMS Cap Applications
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the problems it might encounter, but
how it resolves them . . .

Our Commitment to You

• We stand behind EVERY installation
• We will partner with you to analyze and solve
your problems before product is made
• We will quickly respond to the situation and
resolve any issues
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