Benefits |
Glass |
Zeolite |
Sand |
| Environmentally friendly material |  |
x | x |
| Made from 100% recycled material | |
x | x |
| Longer lifetime (by up to 3 times) |
|
x | x |
Exceptional cleaning ability; |
|
x | x |
| Less likely to block or channel | |
x | x |
| Saves up to 25% of water through more efficient backwashing | |
x | x |
| Saves up to 25% of energy through more efficient filtering | |
x | x |
| Surface area discourages bacteria growth within the water filter | |
x | x |
| Easier to handle with a 20% weight reduction over sand (now with 1.5 tonne bags) |
|
x | |
| Deeper filtration bed | |
x | x |
| Safer handling: does not contain crystaline silica |
|
x | |
| Discourages pneumonia and tissue damage to humans, aquatic mammals and birds in chlorinated systems | |
x | x |
| Extends the life of water filters | |
x | x |
| Removes 30% finer particles in comparison to sand | |
x | x |
| Combined electro-static mechanical filtering | |
x | x |
