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
104,932 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
February 24, 1997