The best water treatment program is Total Quality Water Management is the best water treatment program.  It combines both chemical treatment and suspended solid removal.  The benefits of physical treatment of condenser water will reduce:

FOULING

• Dirt fouls equipment and surfaces
• Interferes with heat transfer efficiency
• Increases energy consumption

ENERGY COSTS

• Dirt interferes with heat transfer
• Dirt retains heat - "false loading"
• Increases energy consumption

CHEMICAL COSTS

• Dirt accelerates chemical consumption
• Suspended solids consumes biological treatments
• Suspended solids insulate anaerobic biological material
• Adversely affects pH balance
• Creates need for polymers

BLOW DOWN

• Dirt accelerates blow down / bleed off
• Increases sewer costs
• Increases need for make-up water
• Increases treatment of make-up water

MAINTENANCE DOWNTIME

• Dirt shortens equipment life
• Abrasive effects
• Under-deposit corrosion
• "Muck-Out" of cooling towers
• Chiller rod out / heat exchanger cleaning

LIABILITY / LEGIONELLA RISK

• Dirt fosters growth of biological contaminants
• Suspended solids are a source of nutrients
• Suspended solids insulate anaerobic biological material
• Increases liability
• Filtration is recommended by industry standards - ASHRAE, CTI, JCAHO