Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, products, and the like, for a filtration system that incorporates a plurality of back-washable filter cells into a cell manifold for filtering contaminants from a fluid. Each of the filter cells of the filter system are a small fluid filtration unit that includes a contained granular filtration media that can independently perform regenerative filtration functions of filtration and backwash. In one particular embodiment, the cell manifold is a cylindrical-shaped manifold into which the plurality of filter cells are housed. During operation, the filter system passes fluid through one or more of the filter cells of the cell manifold during a filter cycle, and distributes fluid for backwashing the cells in a backwash cycle. The filter cells of the filtration system utilize a counter-point compaction of the granular media that radially displaces outwardly the granular media.