As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                                on June 28, 1999

                                                  Registration No.  333-20753
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                        ---------------------------------

                        UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    DELAWARE
         (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

                                   33-0266015
                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                               40-004 COOK STREET
                          PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211
                                 (760) 340-0098
                        (Address, including zip code, and
                    telephone number, including area code, of
                    registrant's principal executive offices)
                               -------------------

                               STEPHEN P. STANCZAK
                            EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
                     GENERAL COUNSEL AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
                        UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
                               40-004 COOK STREET
                          PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92211
                                 (760) 340-0098
                     (Name, address, including zip code, and
          telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                               -------------------

                                    Copy to:
                                JANICE C. HARTMAN
                           KIRKPATRICK & LOCKHART LLP
                              1500 OLIVER BUILDING
                         PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15222
                                 (412) 355-6500


If the only securities  being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant
to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. / /

If any of the  securities  being  registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. / /

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the  Securities  Act  registration  statement  number of the  earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. / /

If this Form is a  post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following  box and  list the  Securities  Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering. / /

If delivery  of the  prospectus  is  expected  to be made  pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /




                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

      Pursuant  to a  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-3  (Registration  No.
333-20753) (the "Registration  Statement"),  United States Filter Corporation, a
Delaware  corporation (the "Registrant"), offered for sale 128,707 shares of its
common  stock,  par value $.01 per share (the "Common  Stock").  The  Registrant
hereby amends the Registration Statement by filing this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1.

      On April 29, 1999,  pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger,  dated as
of  March  22,  1999,  EAU  Acquisition  Corp.,  a  Delaware  corporation  and a
subsidiary of Vivendi, a societe anonyme organized under the laws of France (the
"Parent"),  merged  (the  "Merger")  with  and  into  the  Registrant,  with the
Registrant surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Parent.

      As a result of the  Merger,  the offering  described  in the  Registration
Statement  has been  terminated.  This  Post-Effective  Amendment is being filed
solely to remove from  registration  52,921 shares of Common Stock offered under
the  Registration  Statement  which  remained  unsold at the  termination of the
offering.







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                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
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24.1              Power of Attorney (filed herewith)














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                                    SIGNATURE

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 the Registrant
has duly caused this post-effective  amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the City of Palm Desert,  State of
California, on June 24, 1999.

                                      UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION

                                      By: /s/ Richard J. Heckmann
                                          ---------------------------
                                          Richard J. Heckmann
                                          Chairman of the Board and
                                          Chief Executive Officer

      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
post-effective  amendment  has  been  signed  by the  following  persons  in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

            SIGNATURE                        CAPACITY                 DATE

                                  Chairman of the Board and
/s/ Richard J. Heckmann           Chief Executive Officer
- -----------------------           (Principal Executive Officer)    June 24, 1999
Richard J. Heckmann               and a Director

                                  Executive Vice President and
/s/ Kevin L. Spence               Chief Financial Officer          June 24, 1999
- -----------------------           (Principal Financial Officer)
Kevin L. Spence

                                  Vice President, Controller
/s/ James W. Dierker              and Treasurer (Principal         June 24, 1999
- -----------------------           Accounting Officer)
James W. Dierker

                                  Director

- -----------------------
Daniel Caille


                                  Director
       *                                                           June 24, 1999
- -----------------------
Arthur B. Laffer





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                                  Director

- -----------------------
Eric Licoys

                                  Director
      *                                                            June 24, 1999
- -----------------------
Jean Marie Messier


                                  Director
       *                                                           June 24, 1999
- -----------------------
Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.


                                  Director

- -----------------------
Henri Proglio



* By: /s/ Kevin L. Spence                                          June 24, 1999
      ----------------------
      Kevin L. Spence
      Attorney in Fact





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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER            EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION
- -------           -------------------

24.1              Power of Attorney (filed herewith)


















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