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Waterco has delivered a filtration system offering improved water clarity coupled with cost and water savings for the Pharaohs Club in Dubai.

Located within the Pyramids Wafi, part of the renowned Wafi City Shopping & Entertainment complex in Dubai, the Pharaohs Club is one of the United Arab Emirate's premier and largest fitness centres.

A major drawcard of the centre is the outdoor, free form 'lazy river' and swimming pool, which is designed for relaxation, aqua aerobics classes, swimming laps and professional swimming lessons.

In 2012 the club made the decision to update the filtration system of the 10-year-old, 1600m3 pool. The club manager spoke with the leading Dubai swimming pool maintenance company, Those Pool Guys, which in turn contacted international swimming pool equipment manufacturer, Waterco.

Taking into consideration the club's needs, Waterco and Those Pool Guys suggested a combined solution - Lacron 42" horizontal filters, Waterco MultiCyclones, plus Waterco glass pearls to replace the existing sandfiltration media.

Waterco Europe Managing Director Tony Fisher explains "the Lacron HZC filter is specifically designed for installations which require a high filtration surface area, which obviously the Pharaoh's Club pool has.

"The main tank structure is made from extremely hardwearing glass reinforced polyester, and the unique lateral under drain and looped header design ensures optimum water filtration and balanced fluidisation of the filter bed during backwashing."

Six Lacron filters along with a number of Waterco bobbin wound filters were installed, in addition to 18 MultiCyclone 16s, Waterco's award-winning pre-filtration devices. These work on the basis of centrifugal water filtration and are created to minimise filter maintenance and save water.

Fisher adds "the filters and MultiCyclones are designed to work seamlessly and effectively together - and to further enhance the filtration quality and water saving benefits, we also recommended using glass pearls instead of the existing sand filter media."

Manufactured from 100% virgin glass and being only 0.6mm by 0.8mm in size, Waterco's glass pearls offer much finer filtration than other alternatives and are therefore capable of providing outstanding water purity and clarity (filtration below 3 microns). The spherical shape also results in low friction levels, also reducing the need to backwash and saving pool owners both time and precious water. In fact, glass beads require 20% less water for backwashing compared to sand.

For more information contact Waterco on 02 9898 8686 or go to www.waterco.com.au

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