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SWT Water's Edge Header System


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Water’s Edge Headers are custom made to your application needs. Our design engineering expertise and more than 30 years experience ensure that you get the best bottom drain solution available.
 
SWT Water’s Edge™ Header Systems are fabricated from non-corrosive FDA and NSF approved materials. For use in softeners, carbon filters, multimedia filters, and waste water applications, they are available for tanks from 48 to 120 inches in diameter and are optimized for your application — whether you need 3.5 or 20 gpm/sq.ft. Water’s Edge Header Systems are available in a variety of materials and resistant to brine, acids, caustics, oxidizing agents, and chlorine. They are designed to spread flow evenly across the filter bed to eliminate dead zones and to provide proper and even lift and separation during backwash.
 
Technical Specifications
Max. Recommended Operating Temperature: 140°F (60°C)
Max Recommended Operating Pressure: 150 psi
ΔP @ 5 ft./sec. Velocity: ≤ 3 psi
Materials (Standard): PVC, Buna-N
Materials (Available): CPVC, PP, PVDF, HDPE, etc.
Slot Width (Standard): 0.010 inch (0.254 mm)
Slot Width (Available): 0.008, 0.012, 0.016, 0.020, 0.032, 0.125 inch, and larger
 
 
 
Features and Benefits
Fabricated from non-corrosive FDA and NSF approved materials
Flow rates up to 500 gpm available
Flow patterns from 3.5 to 20 gpm/sq.ft.
Resistant to brine, acid, caustics, chlorine, chloramine, bacteria, oxidation
For use in softeners, iron filters, waste water, GAC filters, dealkalizers
Available for tanks from 4 to 10 ft. diameter
Customizing available
Designed to spread flow evenly across the filter bed to eliminate dead zones
Provides proper and even lift and separation during backwash
Available in a variety of materials
 
 
Water’s Edge Header Systems — Common Assemblies
MODEL
NUMBER
TANK DIAMETER
INCHES
PIPE SIZE
INCHES
SM-HS348 48 3
SM-HS354 54 3
SM-HS454 54 4
SM-HS360 60 3
SM-HS460 60 4
SM-HS366 66 3
SM-HS466 66 4
SM-HS472 72 4
SM-HS672 72 6
SM-HS484 84 4
SM-HS684 84 6
SM-HS496 96 4
SM-HS696 96 6
SM-HS4108 108 4
SM-HS6108 108 6
SM-HS4120 120 4
SM-HS6120 120 6
 
Custom sizes, configurations, and materials are our specialty. Contact SWT with your requirements.
 
 
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Last Updated: May 11, 2026