Smart filtration for apartment buildings ensures high-quality water for dozens of families living in multi-storey residential complexes. Water quality directly affects the comfort and health of residents in these buildings. Moreover, poor water quality leads to accelerated wear of building utilities and increased maintenance costs. Therefore, Bregus has developed high-performance iBregus PRO water treatment systems specifically designed for residential complexes and multi-storey buildings. Our solutions ensure stable water quality for hundreds of families in any conditions.
Why is Smart filtration for apartment buildings critical for multi-occupancy buildings?
Water from mains supply or a private borehole rarely meets modern standards for comfortable living. Consequently, it may contain excess iron, manganese, have high hardness, chlorine and bacterial contamination.
Consequences of using untreated water:
For residents:
- Yellow stains on sanitary ware and tiles
- Rust marks on laundry after washing
- Additionally, dry skin after showering due to hard water
- Brittle hair and dandruff
- Unpleasant taste and smell of tap water
- Furthermore, rapid wear of household appliances (washing machines, dishwashers, boilers)
- Constant expenditure on cleaning products to combat scale
For common property of the building:
- Corrosion of internal building pipework
- Scale in heat exchangers and boiler rooms
- Additionally, failure of pumping equipment
- Blockage of meters and coarse filters
- Moreover, need for frequent repairs of sanitary systems
- Reduction in service life of utilities by 40-60%
For the managing agent:
- Constant complaints from residents about water quality
- Furthermore, high costs for emergency repairs
- Need for frequent equipment replacement
- Additionally, difficulties with building maintenance
- Depreciation of property due to poor service quality
Smart filtration for apartment buildings – what is iBregus PRO?
iBregus PRO are high-performance automatic water treatment systems, specially adapted for large volumes of water consumption in residential buildings. Specifically, they take into account peak loads.
Key characteristics of systems for multi-storey buildings:
- High performance – from 3 to 10 m³/hour per vessel
- Modular configuration – possibility of installing several vessels in parallel
- Total performance – up to 50-100 m³/hour depending on number of flats
- Operation under peak loads – morning (6:00-9:00) and evening (18:00-23:00)
- Automatic regeneration – at night when consumption is minimal
- Reliability – uninterrupted operation 24/7
- Economy – minimal operating costs per family
Peak loads in a multi-occupancy building
Typical water consumption schedule:
Morning peak (6:00-9:00):
- Shower before work/school
- Breakfast preparation
- Morning hygiene routines
- Consequently, consumption: 30-40% of daily norm in 3 hours
Evening peak (18:00-23:00):
- Shower after work
- Dinner preparation and washing up
- Additionally, laundry and cleaning
- Evening hygiene routines
- Therefore, consumption: 40-50% of daily norm in 5 hours
Night time:
- Minimal consumption
- Importantly, time for system regeneration
- Consumption: 10-15% of daily norm
Calculation of average daily required performance:
For a building with 50 flats:
- Average consumption per flat: 0.5 m³/day
- Total daily consumption: 25 m³/day
- Peak consumption (morning): 12 m³ in 3 hours = 4 m³/hour
- Consequently, recommended system performance: 6-8 m³/hour (with 50% reserve)
For a building with 100 flats:
- Average consumption per flat: 0.5 m³/day
- Total daily consumption: 50 m³/day
- Peak consumption (morning): 25 m³ in 3 hours = 8.3 m³/hour
- Therefore, recommended system performance: 12-15 m³/hour (with 50% reserve)
For a building with 200 flats:
- Average consumption per flat: 0.5 m³/day
- Total daily consumption: 100 m³/day
- Peak consumption (morning): 50 m³ in 3 hours = 16.6 m³/hour
- As a result, recommended system performance: 25-30 m³/hour (with 50% reserve)
Smart filtration for apartment buildings – iBregus PRO technologies
Iron and manganese removal
Problem:
Water from mains supply or borehole often contains:
- Iron Fe2+: 1-5 mg/l (standard up to 0.3 mg/l)
- Iron Fe3+: 0.5-2 mg/l (standard up to 0.3 mg/l)
- Manganese: 0.3-2 mg/l (standard up to 0.1 mg/l)
iBregus PRO solution:
- Professional specialised filtering material
- Iron removal efficiency – up to 99%
- Manganese removal efficiency – up to 98%
- Performance: up to 10 m³/hour per vessel
Result:
- Clear water without yellow, red or black tint
- White sanitary ware stays white
- Furthermore, no rust marks on laundry
- Savings on cleaning products
- Additionally, extended service life of household appliances
Water softening
Problem:
Hard water with indicators:
- Total hardness: 6-12 mg-eq/l (standard up to 3 mg-eq/l)
- Calcium and magnesium in excess
- White scale on sanitary ware
- Moreover, scale in boilers and washing machines
- High expenditure on washing powders
iBregus PRO solution:
- Ion exchange softening on cation resin
- Hardness reduction to 1-2 mg-eq/l
- Importantly, automatic regeneration with tablet salt at night
- Performance: up to 10 m³/hour per vessel
Result:
- Soft water for all household needs
- No scale on sanitary ware and appliances
- Furthermore, savings on washing powders of 50-70%
- Soft skin and shiny hair after showering
- Additionally, extended service life of boilers, washing machines and dishwashers by 3-5 years
Complex purification
For the most difficult cases:
When water contains simultaneously:
- High iron (3-5 mg/l)
- Manganese (1-2 mg/l)
- High hardness (8-12 mg-eq/l)
- Additionally, chlorine and organochlorine compounds
- Organic impurities
- Bacterial contamination (for buildings with own borehole)
Solution – multi-stage system:
- Mechanical filtration – removal of suspended particles, sand, rust
- Iron removal – catalytic oxidation of iron and manganese
- Softening – ion exchange removal of hardness salts
- Sorption filtration – removal of chlorine, organic compounds, taste improvement
- UV disinfection (option for buildings with own borehole) – destruction of bacteria and viruses
Smart filtration for apartment buildings – technical specifications of iBregus PRO systems
Modular configuration
High-performance vessels:
- Vessel diameter: 13″, 16″, 21″, 24″
- Vessel height: from 54″ to 72″
- Performance of one vessel: 3-10 m³/hour
- Material: high-strength fibreglass
- Working pressure: up to 8 bar
- Service life: over 20 years
Possible configurations:
- Buildings with 30-50 flats: 2-3 vessels (up to 15 m³/hour)
- Buildings with 50-100 flats: 3-5 vessels (up to 30 m³/hour)
- Buildings with 100-200 flats: 5-8 vessels (up to 50 m³/hour)
- Large developments over 200 flats: individual solutions (over 50 m³/hour)
Requirements for technical room
Ancillary room (plant room):
- Location: in basement or technical floor of building
- Area: from 10 to 35 m² depending on number of vessels
- Ceiling height: minimum 2.5 m (for installation of vessels 72″ high)
- Temperature: +5…+35°C (heating required in winter)
- Ventilation: natural or forced
- Lighting: for installation, maintenance and monitoring
- Connection to drainage: for discharge of regeneration waters
- Electrical supply: 220V, separate line with protection switch
- Access: for delivery of reagents (tablet salt in 25 kg bags)
- Water supply connection: point for cutting system into main riser
Space organisation:
- Zone for filter vessel placement
- Zone for reagent storage (salt tanks)
- Furthermore, maintenance zone (minimum 1 m in front of vessels)
- Space for automation cabinet installation (if required)
- Additionally, space for pressure gauges, meters, shut-off valves
Automation and control
Intelligent control system:
- Automatic regeneration start by volume or time
- Specifically, regeneration at night (2:00-5:00) to minimise inconvenience
- Reagent consumption optimisation
- Moreover, protection against emergency situations
- Maintenance requirement notifications
Bregus Connect:
- Work monitoring via mobile app
- Notifications to residents’ association about maintenance needs
- Additionally, work history and consumption statistics
- Remote diagnostics
- Furthermore, operating cost forecasting
Filtering materials
For iron removal:
- New generation catalytic materials
- Iron removal efficiency: up to 99%
- Manganese removal efficiency: up to 98%
- Resource: 5-10 years of operation depending on amount of filtering material and performance
- Importantly, regeneration: automatic, water only, without chemicals or tablet salt
For softening:
- High-quality cation resin
- Exchange capacity: up to 2000 g-eq/m³
- Regeneration: tablet salt
- Salt consumption: 120-150 g per 1 g-eq of hardness
- Resin resource: 3-7 years
For complex purification:
- Multi-component filtration materials
- Simultaneous removal of iron, manganese, hardness
- Additionally, sorption materials for chlorine and organic removal
- Automatic regeneration
- Furthermore, optimised operating modes considering peak loads
Economic efficiency for residents’ association
Savings for association
Reduction of building maintenance costs:
- Repair of internal building networks: -40-60%
- Replacement of pumping equipment: -50-70%
- Additionally, emergency plumber call-outs: -30-40%
- Cleaning and flushing of systems: -60-80%
- Moreover, replacement of meters (less scale): -30-50%
Payback periods
- For residents: immediate savings from first month
- For association: 2-4 years considering reduction in repair costs
- Total project payback: 3-5 years
Installation and operation
Installation process
Stage 1. Survey and design (1-2 weeks):
- Water analysis from building water supply system
- Peak load calculation
- Additionally, technical room inspection
- Technical solution preparation
- Furthermore, commercial proposal for residents’ association
Stage 2. Approval and ordering (1-2 weeks):
- Project presentation at residents’ association meeting
- Voting and decision making
- Subsequently, contract signing
- Equipment ordering
- Production and completion
Stage 3. Room preparation by client (1 week):
- Technical room preparation
- Installation of additional lighting (if required)
- Additionally, connection of drainage for discharge
- Electrical supply preparation
- Furthermore, preparation of platform for vessels
Stage 4. System installation (3-5 days):
- Equipment delivery
- Installation of vessels and piping
- Connection to water supply system
- Moreover, automation installation
- Electrical connections
- Finally, loading of filtering materials
Stage 5. Commissioning and adjustment (1-2 days):
- System flushing
- Automation adjustment
- Bregus Connect connection
- Additionally, programming of regeneration modes
- First regeneration of all modules
- Furthermore, purified water quality analysis
- Final parameter adjustment
Stage 6. Training and handover (1 day):
- Training of responsible person from residents’ association
- Documentation handover
- Additionally, operating instructions
- Acceptance certificate signing
Total time from order to launch: 4-6 weeks
What’s included in the kit
Basic system configuration:
- High-performance vessels (quantity according to project)
- Filtering materials (iron removal, softening, sorption, multi-filtration)
- Control valves with automation
- Additionally, salt tanks for regeneration solution preparation
- Bregus Connect for remote monitoring
- Operating instructions
Additional options:
- UV disinfection (for buildings with own borehole)
- Backup uninterruptible power supply modules for continuous operation
- Additionally, additional water quality sensors
Maintenance
Scheduled works:
Monthly (responsible person from residents’ association):
- Check automation operation (indicator lights, display)
- Check salt level in salt tanks
- Salt replenishment
- Additionally, visual inspection for absence of leaks
- Check meter readings
- Moreover, check system pressure
- Inspection of vessel and connection condition
Every 3-10 years:
- Replacement of filtering media
- Major overhaul of valves
Service contract:
- Scheduled specialist visits
- Free consultations 24/7
- Furthermore, discounts on spare parts and reagents 15-20%
- Remote diagnostics via Bregus Connect
- Additionally, priority supply of consumables
Smart filtration for apartment buildings – iBregus PRO advantages for residents
For health and comfort
Water quality:
- Clear water without colour, smell, taste
- Soft water for showering – skin like after spa treatments
- Additionally, shiny hair without using expensive conditioners
- Safe water for children and people with sensitive skin
- Furthermore, no allergic reactions to chlorine
Household benefits:
- White sanitary ware stays white for years
- No rust marks on laundry
- Moreover, savings on washing powders of 50-70%
- Dishes shine without extra effort
- Furthermore, faster washing (soap rinses off easier)
Household appliances:
- Washing machine works 3-5 years longer
- Dishwasher doesn’t require special salt
- Additionally, boiler doesn’t need descaling
- Taps and shower heads last longer
- Moreover, water meters work more accurately
For residents’ association and managing agent
Building operation:
- Reduction of emergency repair costs
- Fewer complaints from residents
- Additionally, extended service life of utilities
- Increased property values in building
- Furthermore, competitive advantage in property sales/lettings
Reputation:
- Status of “Building with quality water”
- Enhanced residents’ association prestige
- Moreover, attracting new residents
- Positive feedback about management
- Furthermore, example for other buildings in area
Legal advantages:
- Compliance with water quality standards
- Reduction of risk of claims from residents
- Additionally, documentary confirmation of service quality
- Transparency of water supply costs
Individual design
Each multi-occupancy building is unique – different number of flats, different water source, different technical capabilities. Consequently, Bregus offers an individual approach to each project.
What’s considered in design
Building characteristics:
- Number of flats and residents
- Number of storeys
- Additionally, presence and condition of technical room
- Condition of internal building utilities
- Water supply source
Incoming water quality:
- Analysis of all parameters
- Fluctuations in indicators at different times of day
- Seasonal quality changes
Consumption pattern:
- Peak load schedule
- Residents’ lifestyle features (many children, elderly people)
- Presence of commercial premises on ground floor
Budget and requirements:
- Financial capabilities of residents’ association
- Water treatment priorities
- Desired payback period
Stages of cooperation with residents’ association
1. Preliminary consultation (free):
- Telephone consultation
- Answers to residents’ questions
- Approximate cost calculation
- Additionally, receipt of water analysis, technical data and filtration system operating conditions
- Technical room inspection
2. Laboratory water analysis:
- Full analysis of 30+ parameters
- Conclusion on necessary water treatment
- System recommendations
3. Technical solution:
- Selection of optimal configuration
- 3D visualisation of equipment placement
- Furthermore, performance calculation considering peaks
- Placement plan in technical room
4. Commercial proposal:
- Estimate of necessary equipment
- Configuration options (basic/optimal/premium)
- Operating costs calculation
5. Presentation at residents’ association meeting:
- Bregus specialist presentation at meeting
- Project presentation for residents
- Additionally, answers to all questions
- Explanation of financial aspects
6. Contract conclusion:
- After positive vote
- Legally correct execution
- Moreover, warranty obligations
- Work schedule
7. Project realisation:
- According to agreed schedule
- With minimal inconvenience to residents
- With constant information to residents’ association
8. Service support:
- Warranty service 2 years
- Service contract for subsequent years
- Furthermore, consultations 24/7
- Training of responsible persons
Warranties
- 2 years warranty – on all vessels and pipeline piping
- 2 years warranty – on control valves and automation
- 2 years warranty – on electronic components
- European quality – production in Poland
- Certification – compliance with Ukrainian and European standards
- Liability insurance – coverage of possible damages
Clean water. Comfortable living. Healthy families. Bregus.
iBregus PRO water treatment systems for multi-occupancy buildings are an investment in residents’ quality of life:
✓ High-performance systems – up to 100 m³/hour for any building
✓ Operation under peak loads – water always available for everyone
✓ Modular configuration – optimal solution for each building
✓ Automatic operation – without residents’ intervention
✓ Night-time regeneration – no inconvenience
✓ European quality – reliability and durability
✓ Quick payback – 2-4 years
✓ Savings for each family – £750+ per year
✓ Increased property value – quality water adds 3-5% to price
✓ Remote monitoring – transparency and control
Choose Bregus PRO – choose European quality of life for your building!
Contact for residents’ associations and managing agents:
Call for free specialist visit, water analysis and system calculation for your building.
Bregus – professional water treatment for comfortable living.