Amazon Filters sees increase in orders and enquiries after UK cryptosporidium outbreak

The UK’s Amazon Filters has seen a ‘marked rise’ in enquiries and orders as water companies focus on resilience after a recent cryptosporidium outbreak in the country’s south Devon region.

A ‘plug-and-play’ mobile filtration kit from Amazon Filters designed to help water companies maintain supply during challenging conditions.
A ‘plug-and-play’ mobile filtration kit from Amazon Filters designed to help water companies maintain supply during challenging conditions.

In the days after the Devon parasite outbreak, Surrey-based Amazon Filters received a series of enquiries and engineers turned round two confirmed orders for skid rentals in the south of England including one they readied for emergency collection on a Sunday evening. A third order is awaiting confirmation.

At the same time, a rental skid that had been in use and returned for refurbishment was purchased by a water company for permanent deployment.

Amazon Filters provides containerised systems and mobile skid rentals to help with planning, emergency response, turbidity control, chlorine reduction and the removal of contaminants and chemicals.

Based on flow rates and projections, its cartridge filtration has seen more than 350 billion litres of water filtered by UK water companies in the past year, ensuring a safe, clean and consistent supply to tens of millions of homes and businesses.