Filtering apparatus comprising an inlet and at least two outlets

An apparatus for filtering solid and/or non-dissolved contaminants entrained in flowing water, the apparatus comprising:

• a filtering chamber having a first inlet for water containing an entrained solid or non-dissolved contaminants and a first outlet for expelling unfiltered water,
• the filtering chamber being positioned in a housing,
• the filtering chamber including a filtering screen that has a curved or corner portion, the curved or corner portion providing at least a part of a flow path that leads from the inlet to the first outlet and wherein a direction of flow of the water changes when the water flows along the curved or corner portion, the curved portion or corner portion providing at least a part of the flow path that leads from the first inlet to the first outlet;
• wherein the filtering screen is operable to filter solid and/or non-dissolved contaminants from the influent water and filtered water is allowed to pass out of the filtering chamber, and
• the housing having a second outlet through which water that has passed through the filtering screen exits the housing,
• wherein the first inlet of the filtering chamber has a first inlet axis and the first outlet of the filtering chamber has a first outlet axis, the first inlet axis being parallel to the first outlet axis, the first inlet axis being laterally spaced from the first outlet axis and the first inlet being laterally spaced from the first outlet, and water flowing out of the first outlet exits in an opposite direction to water flowing into the first inlet.