Exhibit 23.04


                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

               We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
          "Independent Certified Public Accountants" in the Registration
          Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of United States
          Filter Corporation for the registration of 80,412 shares of its
          common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our
          report dated February 8, 1996, except for Notes 4 and 10, as to
          which the date is May 10, 1996, with respect to the consolidated
          financial statements of Zimpro Environmental, Inc. included in
          the Current Report on Form 8-K of United States Filter
          Corporation dated May 31, 1996, filed with the Securities and
          Exchange Commission.

                                             /s/  Ernst & Young LLP
                                                  Ernst & Young LLP

          Minneapolis, Minnesota
          December 11, 1996