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
2,291,059  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
                                                               

Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 3, 1997