Help make sure your restaurant's water system is ready for business-as-usual.
3M™ Water Filtration System Startup Guide
Setting the table for a successful reopening.
As you welcome customers back to your establishment, there are a lot of details you need to get just right to help ensure your success - including maintaining your water system. Refreshing your water system will help provide high-quality water for drinking, ice, cooking and more.
Why is it important to properly restart your 3M™ Water Filtration System?
Inside your cartridge is our Integrated Membrane and Pre-Activated Carbon Technology ("I.M.P.A.C.T."). This 3M™ Aqua Pure™ Full Flow Drinking Water System, Model 3MFF100 three stage system provides filtration you can count on to help reduce contaminants that may be in your water—and performing a proper restart is a great way to help keep it operating as intended.
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Sanitary Quick Change
Encapsulated cartridge design allows for fast and easy cartridge change-outs without contamination.
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Stage 1: Pre-Filtration
Nonwoven filtration media that reduces larger size particles to help increase sediment holding capacity of the filter.
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Stage 2: Fine Filtration
3M proprietary two-zone microporous pleated membrane that reduces 99.99% of protozoan cysts and helps provide excellent sediment life with minimal pressure drop.
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Stage 3: Final Filtration
Activated Carbon Filtration: 3M carbon block technology for reduction of lead, chlorine and odour and for improved taste.
Re-start Steps - For systems decommissioned for less than 6 weeks.
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1. Open the filter inlet water valve and check for any leaks.
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2. Flush the system to drain for at least 5 minutes.
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3. Close the flush valve or downstream valve. System is now ready for use.
Restart Steps - For systems decommissioned for 6 weeks or more.
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1. Discard the old filter cartridges.
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2. Replace with new cartridges per the cartridge installation instructions.
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3. Open the filter inlet water valve and check for any leaks.
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4. Open filter flush valve or downstream value to flush the system per the filter's recommended flush instructions included on the Performance Data Sheet.
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5. Close the flush valve or downstream valve. System is now ready for use.
4 Simple Steps to Shutdown
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1. Make sure the equipment connected to the filtration system is shutdown and close the inlet water valve of the filtration system.
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2. Open the filter flush valve or downstream valve for a few seconds to relieve pressure in the system.
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3. Close the flush valve or downstream valve.
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4. Leave cartridges in place installed in the heads.
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3M experts will work with you to help find the optimal 3M purification and filtration solution for your application.
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