Catalytic Carbon and KDF85 Backwashing Filter System Features:

Catalytic Carbon Backwashing Filter System are highly popular because they correct a wide range of water quality problems, by reducing chloramines, hydrogen sulfide, and tastes, odors, chlorine & sediment.

• Great tasting water from every tap in your house
• No bad tastes or foul odors
• Crystal clear water for drinking, bathing, and cooking
• User friendly equipment
• Low maintenance due to automatic operation

 Our Catalytic Carbon 12x40 mesh is a catalytic, high activity granular activated carbon manufactured by steam activation of select coconut shell charcoal. The catalytic activity of this activated carbon makes it highly effective for the reduction of chloramines and hydrogen sulfide from potable water. Its large micropore volume makes it particularly well suited for the reduction of low molecular weight organic compounds and their chlorinated by-products such as chloroform and other trihalomethanes, THM's.

COMES WITH KDF85 MEDIAGUARD

KDF 85 Medium Removes or reduces iron and hydrogen sulfide from municipal or other water supplies. Also controls scale, bacteria and algae.

KDF 85 Process Media can remove up to 99% of water-soluble lead, mercury, nickel, chromium, and other dissolved metals. All KDF Process Media forms are effective in controlling the buildup of bacteria, algae, fungi and scale, making them ideal for use in GAC beds, ion exchange resins, carbon block filters and inline carbon filters. Wherever our Media are used, they can eliminate the need for costly, and sometimes harmful, chemical treatments.

KDF® 85 Process Medium Removes Hydrogen Sulfide

Typical reaction with KDF 85 process medium:

KDF reacts with hydrogen sulfide to form insoluble copper sulfide which can be backwashed off KDF 85 medium. 

KDF® 85 Process 
Medium Removes Iron

Redox media alloy function as catalysts to change soluble ferrous cations (positively-charged ions) into insoluble ferric hydroxide, which can be removed with regular backwashing. With enough oxygen dissolved in the water, iron removal rates of 98 percent or better are common.

Redox media, non-chemical water treatment remove up to 98% of water-soluble cations (positively-charged ions) of lead, mercury, copper, nickel, chromium, and other dissolved metals.

When filtered through KDF® media, soluble lead cations are reduced to insoluble lead atoms, which are electroplated onto the surface of the media. Other heavy metals bond to the media and may be recovered when the exhausted media pass through a copper smelter.

A typical metal redox reaction with KDF process media:

Zinc loses 2 electrons (oxidation). Lead gains 2 electrons (reduction). Lead plates on copper and replaces zinc which goes into solution as ions.

KDF85 AND CATALYTIC CARBON GAC Reduces chloramines, hydrogen sulfide, and tastes, odors, chlorine & sediment and Iron

 This system comes with the following:

1- Backwash Filter Valve

1- 9 x 48 mineral tank (Color may be Black or Almond)

1 cubic ft of Catalytic Carbon.

KDF85 MEDIAGUARD

1" or 3/4" Bypass (please request one at check out or will send out any one.)