Abstract: A filter and water separator for use with liquid hydrocarbons such as aircraft fuel includes a horizontally directed housing and within the housing a first set of filtering and coalescing elements connected to the inlet port of the housing and a parallel arranged set of separating elements arranged parallel to the filtering elements and communicating with the outlet ports in the housing. Each separating element is provided in its interior with a coaxially arranged hollow cylinder communicating at one end with the outlet port and having an inlet opening at its opposite end. The cylindrical wall of the hollow cylinder is formed with a plurality of inlet openings, the combined cross-section of which increases from the end face inlet opening toward the outlet port.