The Omni-SORB™ granular filter media from Severn Trent Services was specifically designed to provide removal of iron and manganese compounds from water and wastewater supplies. Unlike other iron (Fe) and maganese (Mn) removal media, Omni-SORB is not a processed mineral. It is an engineered product using refined manganese that has high catalytic activity for oxidation and adsorption of these metals. These catalytic properties allow the media to be efficiently used without the addition of potassium permanganate (K2MnO4), a strong oxidant required for Fe and Mn removal with greensand and other media.
Severn Trent Services offers the Omni-SORB media is easy-to-handle ½ cubic foot bags or 1 metric ton (2205 lbs) bulk sacs. The media has the WQA Gold Seal of Certification for compliance with NSF/ANSI 61.
Severn Trent Services designs and provides Omni SORB™ Filter Systems for iron and manganese removal applications, for combined arsenic/iron/manganese removal where iron levels are high enough to effect arsenic removal and as pretreatment with SORB 33® arsenic “Polishing”.