Glass is recognized as the best material for filter media. Of course, the best products come at a higher cost, but as Henry Royce of Rolls-Royce famously said: “Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.”
Ultra Clear is manufactured from virgin flat glass at a dedicated facility specifically designed and operated to produce a highly unique glass filter media. The product is offered as a direct replacement for filter sand and can be used in most types and designs of sand filters.
- Made from Virgin Glass: Unlike our competitors, we use unused flat glass as our raw material. This glass contains metal oxides that create a slight negative charge.
- Manufacturing: Our advanced manufacturing facility processes this flat glass into sub-angular and spherical particles, providing the optimum shape for filter media and delivering the performance benefits we require.
- Activation: This process ensures that the surface of the spheres carries a negative charge, allowing them to electrostatically attract and remove fine particles and organic matter from water. Metal oxide catalysts also ensure that Ultra Clear spheres are self-sterilizing.
- Performance: The system produces a specially engineered media that is up to four times more effective than sand and similar materials at removing even the smallest particles.
Cost Savings
Fast return on investment with no additional infrastructure investment required — reduced chemical consumption and maintenance costs, along with up to 50% savings in backwash water.
Better Performance
More than twice the performance of conventional filtration systems, with 20% greater water clarity.
Environmentally Friendly
A 100% recycled material that reduces environmental impact through improved performance and can last for up to 20 years.
What Makes It So Effective?
- Using Ultra Clear means improved performance from your filtration system.
- It only needs to be replaced every 20–25 years.
- It does not become contaminated and does not allow untreated water to pass through.
- It requires significantly less chlorine oxidation.
- The system’s backwash requirement is reduced by 50%.
- And you can achieve a return on your investment in the shortest possible time.
What Makes It Superior?
Made from Virgin Glass
Unlike our competitors, we do not use previously used recycled glass. The glass we process for our filter media has never been used for any other purpose. It remains pure and contains the elements required to provide superior self-sterilizing properties. There are no hazardous glass shards in the filter media.
Laboratory Testing & Development
Ultra Clear processes flat glass into perfectly spherical shapes required for optimum water filtration at our Ultra Water laboratory. Our manufacturing process complies with ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System), and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards.
Advanced Filtration Media
Our facility in Dunoon uses advanced manufacturing technology to crush and process the raw material into the optimum particle size and shape, producing an advanced filtration media with a slight negative charge. This charge attracts unwanted particles and subsequently releases them during the backwash cycle.
Where Can It Be Used?
Ultra Clear is a filtration media designed as a direct replacement for silica sand in a wide range of filters used for drinking water and wastewater treatment. This includes pressure sand filters and Rapid Gravity Filters (RGF).
These filters should operate with the lowest possible hydraulic loading to achieve optimum filtration performance.
- Wastewater for reuse as potable drinking water
- Brackish water and seawater prior to desalination membranes
- Private and public swimming pools
- Aquaculture and public marine or freshwater aquariums
- Water supplies for pharmaceutical and beverage companies
- Industrial processes requiring high-purity water
What Is Glass Filter Media Used For?
It is also used for irrigation requirements across a range of industries, including agriculture, where our media helps remove unwanted metals, sediments, and organic matter that can clog irrigation systems.
