Containerized CUF System | Rapid-Deploy Ceramic Ultrafiltration
The Containerized CUF System
When Your Plant Can't Keep Up, Deploy in Days.
Full-Scale Water Treatment. Ready When You Are.
The Demand on Water Infrastructure Is Accelerating.
Source water conditions are changing faster than the infrastructure built to treat them. Algal peaks are intensifying. Storm-driven turbidity events are more frequent. Treatment facilities engineered for stable, predictable source water are now operating beyond their original design parameters.
Compliance requirements and regulatory standards are evolving across major markets. For utilities managing aging assets and shifting source water, staying ahead of change is increasingly important.
When Capacity Demands Exceed What Your Infrastructure Was Built to Handle
Closing the gap between what your system delivers and what your operations require has historically meant years of planning, permitting, and capital construction. It no longer has to.
What’s New
The Containerized CUF System
Permanent-grade ceramic ultrafiltration treatment, engineered for rapid deployment. The Containerized CUF System delivers up to 2.5 MGD / 10 MLD of consistent, high-quality permeate from a 40-foot container configuration. It commissions in days, integrates with existing plant infrastructure, and performs across the full range of source water conditions.
- Capacity: Up to 2.5 MGD / 10 MLD
- System Recovery: >95%
- Permeate Turbidity: <0.1 NTU
- RO-Ready Permeate: <3 SDI
- Pathogen Removal: ~5.5 log
Ceramic Ultrafiltration Was Engineered for the Toughest Water
High turbidity. Aggressive feed water chemistry. Biological loading. Wide operating temperature ranges. These are the conditions that stress conventional membranes and drive performance degradation over time. They are also the conditions where ceramic ultrafiltration is at its most capable.
Ceramic UF operates across a pH 2-12 cleaning range without membrane degradation. It sustains high flux rates through demanding source water events, with an operating life measured in decades. Nanostone's ceramic module architecture delivers approximately 40% more active membrane surface area per housing than conventional designs, maximizing output without trading capacity for durability.
The Containerized CUF System puts that capability in a 40-foot container configuration, ready to commission wherever treatment demands are highest.
Permeate quality holds when source water doesn't
Stable permeate below 0.1 NTU with minimum 5.5-log removal of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and bacteria through high-turbidity events, algal peaks, elevated TOC, and seasonal shifts. Integrated inline coagulation.
Maximum capacity in minimum footprint
48 ceramic modules per container deliver up to 2.5 MGD / 10 MLD in a standard 40-foot container configuration. Deploy on existing plant property without site acquisition or permitting delays that add years to conventional expansion.
Drops into the plant you already operate
Permeate at less than 3 SDI and less than 0.1 NTU feeds directly into downstream RO, disinfection, or distribution. Our controls integrate seamlessly with existing control schemes. No operator retraining, no control system replacement.
Built to recover, not to be replaced
Remote monitoring and automated controls mean your team spends less time managing the system and more time focused on operations. Backwash and chemical cleaning across pH 2-12 are fully automated.
Online in days
Standard 40-foot containers ship by truck, rail, or sea. Minimal civil works. Full commissioning in days from site arrival.
Compliance-ready
NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and NSF/ANSI 419 certified. Meets drinking water contact and ceramic membrane performance standards without additional qualification steps.
Three ways to get started
The Containerized CUF System is available in three options designed to fit different budgets, timelines, and operational structures.
Purchase
- Permanent capacity addition
- Full system ownership
- Optimized for long-term, fixed installations
Lease
- Operational expenditure structure
- Budget flexibility without capital commitment
- Optimized for interim capacity or phased expansion
Water as a Service
- Zero capital outlay
- Acuriant owns, operates, and maintains the system
- Optimized for operators focused on water outcomes, not asset management
Built to make a real difference
Engineered for the Most Demanding Applications
The Containerized CUF System is designed for operating environments where performance and reliability are non-negotiable.
- Municipal Drinking Water and Wastewater Reuse Permit-compliant permeate through turbidity events and seasonal variability. NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 and NSF/ANSI 419 certified. Documentation available for regulatory review and committee approval.
- Microelectronics and Semiconductor Consistent, low-SDI permeate that protects downstream RO and ultrapure water systems. Application engineering support through design and commissioning.
- Boiler Feed and Cooling Tower Blowdown Reliable pretreatment that protects system efficiency and extends equipment service life. Automated operation on high-demand industrial sites.
- Mining Wastewater Handles high-solids, chemically variable feed streams across a pH 2-12 operating range.
- Sea Water Desalination RO-ready permeate below 3 SDI, protecting downstream desalination membranes.
Prove Performance Before You Commit
Every capital decision in water treatment carries risk. Acuriant eliminates that risk before capital is committed.
The Containerized CUF System is available for pilot deployment on your water, at your site, against your actual operating conditions. Your team defines the objectives. Acuriant's application engineers design the pilot and support the evaluation from start to documentation.
You do not have to take our word for it. You can run it.
Water Can’t Wait.
Neither Can We.
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