SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C.  20549


                            FORM 8-K
                                
         Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
             of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                
                                
                                
   Date of Report (date of event reported):  February 5, 1998.
                                
                                
                                
                           PURUS, INC.
                                
     (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 Commission File Number: 0-22408


               DELAWARE                        77-0234694
   (State or other jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)         Identification No.)
                                                    
                   
     605 Tennant Avenue, Suite B                    
           Morgan Hill, CA                        95037
   (Address of principal executive             (Zip Code)
               offices)


          Registrant's Telephone Number: (408) 778-3465


                         NOT APPLICABLE
      (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                  if changed since last report)
                                
                                
                                


     ITEM 4.  CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANTS

      The  Board of Directors of Purus, Inc. (the "Company")  has
approved the engagement of Grant Thornton LLP ("Grant Thornton"),
to  serve  as  independent auditors of  the  Company,  which  was
accepted by Grant Thornton on February 5, 1998.  The Company  has
been  advised that neither Grant Thornton nor any of its  members
or associates has any relationship with the Company or any of its
affiliates,  except in the firm's new capacity as  the  Company's
independent auditors.  During the two most recent fiscal years of
the  Company ended December 31, 1997, and from that date  to  the
present, the Company has not consulted Grant Thornton LLP, on any
issue of accounting principle or audit scope or procedure.

                           SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of  1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this  report
to  be  signed  on  its behalf by the undersigned  hereunto  duly
authorized.

                                   Purus, Inc.

DATED:  February 6, 1998           By /s/ Peter Friedli
                                      Chief Executive Officer