Water Filter
Uses a carbon filter to scrub pollutants (fresh or salt), returning clean water to the output pipe and dropping the captured organic residue into a linked inventory as compost / bio-residue blocks.
Notes
The Water Filter is an industrial object that takes in polluted fresh or salt water and outputs clean water, while depositing the captured pollutants as compost or bio-residue blocks into a linked container. It occupies a 1x2x2 grid-aligned footprint and is a strong mid-game tool for reducing water pollution, which harms aquatic life and fishing stocks. A practical tip: placing a Water Filter and regularly emptying its captured residue gives you a steady supply of compost, turning waste management into a resource for farming or soil improvement.
Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.
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Ingredients
| Ingredient | Qty | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | item | |
| 6 | item | |
| 2 | item |
Byproducts (garbage)
| Material | Qty / craft |
|---|---|
| 0.38 | |
| 0.12 |
Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled โ see the Garbage & Recycling guide.
Crafting
| Labor | 280 calories |
|---|---|
| Craft time | 12 min |
| Throughput | ≈ 5 Water Filter / hour (base) |
As a placed object
Requires connection ports โ highlighted below.
Recycling & waste
4.8× Iron Scrap
1.5× Copper Scrap
The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.
How garbage, sorting & recycling work
Total raw to craft this
60× Iron Ore
26.25× Copper Ore
1.38× Clay