Abstract: A water filter formed of an upright closed vessel having water inlet and outlet openings adjacent the top thereof, an outlet pipe extending within the vessel from the water outlet opening to adjacent the vessel interior bottom, a permeable barrier filter positioned within the vessel adjacent the interior bottom and affixed to the lower end of the outlet pipe, the vessel being filled with a particulate filter medium, preferably charcoal or the equivalent, the filter medium surrounding the barrier filter, and the barrier filter being formed by a short length tubular wall of impervious material having an opening in the tubular wall, a filter inlet pipe received in the opening in the tubular wall and extending within the housing, the end of the filter inlet pipe within the housing being closed and the pipe having a plurality of small openings therein, two semi-circular permeable foam plastic filter members within the interior of the housing, the semi-circular filter members being the thickness substantially that

Abstract: An electrical control mechanism for use with high-pressure pump systems having the electrical control components housed within a pistol-like structure connected by flexible hosing to the high-pressure distribution system for convenience of directing of the high-pressure spray and also for ease of controlling the pumping system. The high-pressure distribution system being controlled by the electrical mechanisms in the pistol-like device by means of a remotely actuated electrical clutch and a remotely actuated electrical valve.