05-10-2016, 01:10 PM
I believe the filters are designed to have water pushed through (after the pump) as opposed to being pulled through (before the pump).
The intake in the catchment tank should have some sort of sieve on it so the pump doesn't try to pull in something too big for it to handle (like a huge leaf or worse yet a dead rodent) and post pump would be the pressure tank and then the filters. If you try to put the filters before the pressure tank the pump cycling would probably ruin them. The "calmer" water stream post pressure tank is what the filters are designed for. If you want to add a UV system, it needs to be installed after the filters. Each brand is different, but the standards ones need a 5 micron filter before the UV system because any larger particles aren't guaranteed to be sterilized by the light.
In other words: sieve in catchment tank --> pump --> pressure tank --> sediment filter --> finer filter --> UV (if you have it) --> into house plumbing system
The intake in the catchment tank should have some sort of sieve on it so the pump doesn't try to pull in something too big for it to handle (like a huge leaf or worse yet a dead rodent) and post pump would be the pressure tank and then the filters. If you try to put the filters before the pressure tank the pump cycling would probably ruin them. The "calmer" water stream post pressure tank is what the filters are designed for. If you want to add a UV system, it needs to be installed after the filters. Each brand is different, but the standards ones need a 5 micron filter before the UV system because any larger particles aren't guaranteed to be sterilized by the light.
In other words: sieve in catchment tank --> pump --> pressure tank --> sediment filter --> finer filter --> UV (if you have it) --> into house plumbing system