What Spiral Water Technologies does

Spiral Water Technologies, Inc. is a privately held US industrial filtration company founded in 2012 and headquartered in Middlesex, New Jersey. The company designs and sells automatic self-cleaning filtration systems that handle Total Suspended Solids (TSS) concentrations from above 500 ppm up to more than 30,000 ppm — a regime where conventional backwash filters fail. Its core product platform consists of the Model 850 (solids concentrating automatic filter, 15-micron, available in PVC and stainless steel), the Series 1000 (including the T1000 and H1000 heavy-duty liquid/solid separators, 15 to 1500 micron range), the High Solids Water Recovery (HSWR) turn-key system for ultra-high solids applications, and the Model 810. The differentiating mechanism is a patented internal mechanical cleaning assembly using hydrodynamic agitation and a spiral-shaped wiper that continuously cleans the wedge-wire screen at over 500 cycles per minute without backwash, crossflow, or booster pumps, delivering 99% water recovery in a single pass and up to 50 times the solids handling of traditional backwash systems.

The business model is industrial capital equipment sales. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time equipment sales and turn-key HSWR system deployments, supplemented by integration engineering services that embed Spiral Water filters upstream of existing DAF, membrane, centrifuge, and RO trains. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company sells through a direct enterprise field sales motion supported by a nine-partner regional channel network across the United States and Quebec, and is building inside sales capacity. Primary customer verticals are food and beverage (juice, brewery, distillery, fruit and vegetable processing), biogas/RNG feedstock conditioning, and industrial wastewater treatment; secondary verticals include biopharma, oil and gas produced water, hydropower, desalination, aquaculture, vertical farming, farm waste recovery, and hemp processing.

Commercially, the company cites a 200+ unit installed base across multiple industries with documented outcomes including 61% TSS and 48% BOD reductions (Del Rey Packing), 13% to 1.7% product loss reduction (pomegranate juice), and $300k-$400k annual TSS surcharge savings. The firm holds two registered patents covering its core cleaning mechanism, operates without disclosed external funding, and runs an active technical content marketing program including trade publication features (Municipal Water Leader, November/December 2023) and a co-marketed Pre-RO system with Veolia.

Name

Spiral Water Technologies

Legal name

Spiral Water Technologies, Inc.

Website

https://spiralwater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Spiral Water Technologies designs and sells patented automatic self-cleaning filtration systems for industrial customers facing high Total Suspended Solids (above 500 ppm) in food and beverage, biogas/RNG, industrial wastewater, biopharma, and related process-water applications across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Water Filtration Equipment

akta.pro primary industry

Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water & Wastewater Treatment Plant Equipment (Clarifiers, Aeration, Membrane Systems) (IMAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial water filtration
• Self-cleaning filter systems
• High solids separation
• Wastewater treatment equipment
• Automatic filtration technology

Headquarters

HQ city

San Rafael

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Filtration Equipment Sales: Sale of automatic self-cleaning filtration systems including Model 850, Model 810, Series 1000, and T1000 units. These are capital equipment purchases for industrial water and wastewater treatment applications.
2. Turn-key System Solutions: Complete HSWR (High Solids Water Recovery) System and integrated solutions that combine multiple technologies for comprehensive wastewater treatment. These are larger system deployments with custom engineering.
3. Industrial Wastewater System Integration Services: Custom engineering and system integration services to integrate Spiral Water filters into existing industrial wastewater filtration systems, complementing elements such as membrane filters, DAF filters, and centrifuge filters.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Spiral Water Technologies designs, manufactures and sells patented automatic self-cleaning industrial filtration systems (Model 810, Model 850, Series 1000/T1000/H1000 and the High Solids Water Recovery (HSWR) System) that separate and concentrate solids from process water and wastewater. Their proprietary internal mechanical cleaning mechanism with hydrodynamic agitation enables one-pass filtration of fluids containing up to 50 times higher Total Suspended Solids than traditional backwash filters, achieving 99% water recovery. The company also provides custom engineering and integration services to incorporate its filters into existing DAF, centrifuge, and membrane treatment systems for industrial customers across food & beverage, biogas/RNG, wastewater treatment, desalination, oil & gas, hydropower, biopharma and aquaculture.

Product overview

Spiral Water Technologies offers a suite of advanced automatic self-cleaning filtration products designed for high solids separation and concentration. The product line centers on three core products: the Model 850 Solids Concentrating Automatic Filter series, the Series 1000 (including T1000 and H1000 models) Liquid/Solid Separator systems, and the High Solids Water Recovery (HSWR) System. These products work as standalone filtration units or can be integrated into existing systems. The Model 850 provides 15µ filtration in PVC or stainless steel variants, while the Series 1000 offers heavy-duty filtration from 15 to 1500 microns with continuous automatic cleaning. The HSWR System serves as a turn-key solution for ultra-high solids applications handling TSS above 30,000 ppm. Optional add-on modules include the Pre-Reverse Osmosis System for RO pre-treatment and Industrial Wastewater System Integration Services for combining with DAF, membrane, and centrifuge systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Model 850 – Solids Concentrating Automatic Filter Solids concentrating automatic self-cleaning filter with 15-micron filtration capability, available in PVC and stainless steel variants, designed for high solids applications using the patented internal mechanical cleaning mechanism.
• Series 1000 – Liquid/Solid Separator and Automatic Self-Cleaning Filters (T1000 and H1000) Heavy-duty automatic self-cleaning filter series with continuous filtration from 15 to 1,500 microns using the hydrodynamic agitation cleaning mechanism, available in T1000 and H1000 models.
• High Solids Water Recovery (HSWR) System Turn-key high solids filtration system that receives process water with TSS greater than 30,000 ppm and recovers and reuses water with significantly reduced TSS and BOD.
• Model 810 Automatic Self-Cleaning Filter 15-micron automatic self-cleaning filter featuring proprietary spiral action for high variable suspended solid removal, providing continuous 10 to 100-micron filtration of process fluids up to 100 times dirtier than competing filters can handle.
• Pre-Reverse Osmosis (R/O) System Integrated pre-filtration system combining Spiral Water's Model 850PVC Filter with Veolia's 1-micron Z.Plex Cartridge Filter to protect downstream reverse osmosis membrane technology.
• Industrial Wastewater System Integration Services Custom engineering and integration services to incorporate Spiral Water self-cleaning filters into existing industrial wastewater treatment systems alongside DAF, centrifuge, and membrane filters for industrial customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% water recovery in single pass
• +8 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: World's largest water services and technology provider and Spiral Water's actual integration partner on the Pre-RO System. Competes broadly with Spiral Water in industrial filtration and wastewater, while also enabling its distribution.
• Pentair: Diversified water treatment and filtration company serving residential, commercial, and industrial markets including industrial process filtration. Overlaps with Spiral Water in industrial water/wastewater segments.
• Donaldson Company: Major industrial filtration manufacturer with deep presence in process filtration, coolant, and wastewater applications. Comparable customers (heavy industrial, food & beverage, O&G) and a much broader product range.
• Xylem: Global water technology major (~$5B+ revenue) with broad filtration, pumping, and treatment portfolio including self-cleaning filters. Overlaps in industrial and municipal water segments where Spiral Water competes.
• Pall Corporation (Danaher): Industrial filtration major owned by Danaher, with strong presence in food & beverage, biopharma, and O&G — directly overlapping verticals with Spiral Water but at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• Filtra-Systems: US-based manufacturer of industrial filtration and separation equipment including automatic self-cleaning filters and sand/media filters. Comparable niche size and product overlap with Spiral Water.
• Amiad Water Systems: Israel-based manufacturer of automatic self-cleaning filters for industrial, municipal, and irrigation water applications. Closest direct competitor to Spiral Water in patented self-cleaning screen filtration architecture.
• Ronningen-Petter (Dover): Dover subsidiary producing automatic self-cleaning filters for industrial process fluids and water treatment. Highly comparable technology and application focus.
• Orival: US manufacturer of automatic self-cleaning water filters for cooling towers, process water, and industrial wastewater — directly comparable offering and target market to Spiral Water's Model 850 / Series 1000.
• Lakos Separators and Filtration Systems: Manufacturer of centrifugal separation and sand filtration systems for industrial water applications. Targets similar industrial customers and use cases (cooling water, process water pretreatment).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCF3m58XOYKwERu8j-vfk9aQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/71271995

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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