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 2,043,773 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 30, 1996