The distinctive design and operation of compressed bed ion exchange technology provide lower operating costs. The compressed bed consumes significantly less chemicals than co-current or packed bed ion exchange systems. Compressed bed resin life can be up to five years or more depending on feed water quality. Additional savings are attributed to low resin replacement costs through lower inventory needs of the compressed bed, and the lack of resin loss from backwash or breakage, as is typical of both co-current and packed bed systems.

The highly efficient regeneration and resin rinsing of compressed bed systems result in reduced water and chemical consumption and subsequent waste generation. Typical compressed bed systems produce considerably less waste than the deep bed co-current systems.

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