EASTERN ENTERPRISES
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                   Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 1)

                        UNITED STATES FILTER CORPORATION
                   ----------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
                   ----------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                   ----------------------------------------
                                   911843209
                                 (CUSIP Number)


              L. William Law, Jr., Senior Vice President, General
                             Counsel and Secretary
                 Eastern Enterprises, 9 Riverside Road, Weston,
                      Massachusetts, 02193 (617) 647-2300
         ------------------------------------------------------------
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                     to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                November 1, 1995
         ------------------------------------------------------------
            (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)



If the filing  person had  previously  filed a statement  on  Schedule  13G to
report the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is
filing  this  schedule  because  of  Rule  13d-1(b)(3)  or (4),  check  the
following box:


                           Yes            No   X
                               -----         -----

               Check the following box if a fee is paid with this
                                   statement:


                            Yes            No   X  
                               -----          -----

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CUSIP No.  911843209

(1)      NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
         Eastern Associated Securities Corp., I.D. No.04-2940344

(2)      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: *
                                                          (a)
                                                          (b)

(3)      SEC USE ONLY

(4)      SOURCE OF FUNDS*
         00

(5)      CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

(6)      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
         Massachusetts

                                    :(7)     SOLE VOTING POWER
                                    :           3,067,092 shares

                                    :(8)     SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY       :           None
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH                         :(9)     SOLE DISPOSITIVE
POWER                               :           3,067,092 shares

                                    :(10)    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                    :           None

(11)     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
         PERSON                          3,067,092 shares

(12)     CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*           YES          NO  X
                                       ----       ----

(13)     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
         12.0%

(14)     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
         CO

         * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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CUSIP No.  911843209
(1)      NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
         S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
         Eastern Enterprises                I.D. No.  04-1270730

(2)      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP: *
                                                         (a)
                                                         (b)

(3)      SEC USE ONLY

(4)      SOURCE OF FUNDS*
         00

(5)      CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
         PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

(6)      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
         Massachusetts

                                   :(7)     SOLE VOTING POWER
                                   :             None

                                   :(8)     SHARED VOTING POWER
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY      :             3,067,092 shares
OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
PERSON WITH                        :(9)     SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                   :             None

                                   :(10)    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                   :             3,067,092 shares

(11)     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
         PERSON                                3,067,092 shares

(12)     CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
         CERTAIN SHARES*           YES          NO  X
                                      -----       -----

(13)     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
         12.0%

(14)     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
         HC
                    * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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Item 1.      Security and Issuer
             -------------------

         The class of equity  securities to which this statement  relates is the
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share  ("Securities"),  of United States Filter
Corporation  (the "Issuer"),  a Delaware  corporation  with principal  executive
offices located at 73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 222, Palm Desert, California,
92260.

Item 2.      Identity and Background
             -----------------------

         This statement is being filed by Eastern  Associated  Securities  Corp.
("EASC"), a Massachusetts  corporation,  and Eastern Enterprises ("Eastern"),  a
Massachusetts  business  trust.  EASC is a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of, and is
controlled by, Eastern.  Eastern is a holding company with subsidiaries  engaged
in the businesses of natural gas distribution and marine transportation. EASC is
a securities holding corporation.  The principal offices of Eastern and EASC are
located at 9 Riverside Road, Weston, Massachusetts,  02193. During the last five
years, neither Eastern nor EASC, nor any of their respective trustees, directors
or executive officers,  has been convicted in a criminal  proceeding  (excluding
traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or a party to a civil proceeding of
a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which
he, she or it was or is subject to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal
or state  securities  laws or finding any  violation  with respect to such laws.
Certain  information  with  respect to the trustees  and  executive  officers of
Eastern  and the  directors  and  executive  officers  of EASC is set  forth  on
Schedule I hereto.

Item 3.      Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
             -------------------------------------------------

         2,027,395  shares of the  Securities  beneficially  owned by the filing
persons  were  acquired  on  December  1,  1993,  pursuant  to a Stock  Purchase
Agreement  by  and  among  the  Issuer,   Eastern  and  Water   Products   Group
Incorporated,  a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Eastern ("WPGI"),  dated August 30,
1993 (the "Purchase Agreement").

         Pursuant to the  Purchase  Agreement,  on December 1, 1993,  the Issuer
issued 2,033,599  shares of the Securities,  registered in the name of EASC, and
paid to Eastern and WPGI $100,000 in cash, in consideration  for the transfer by
Eastern and WPGI to the Issuer of all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
Ionpure Technologies Corporation,  a Massachusetts  corporation,  and IP Holding
Company, a Delaware  corporation  (together  "Ionpure"),  which corporations had
been wholly-owned subsidiaries of Eastern and WPGI for a period of approximately
four years prior to such transaction.  The Purchase  Agreement provided that the
closing  of such  transaction  was  subject  to  various  conditions,  including
approval of the issuance of the Securities to EASC by the Issuer's stockholders,
which approval  occurred at the Issuer's Annual Meeting of Stockholders  held on
December 1, 1993.

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         The  Purchase  Agreement  provided for an  adjustment  in the number of
Securities  issued to Eastern and EASC thereunder,  based upon the stockholders'
equity of Ionpure as of October 1, 1993.  Pursuant to such  adjustment,  Eastern
and EASC  returned  6,204 shares of the  Securities to the Issuer on January 24,
1994, reducing the total number of the Securities  beneficially owned by them at
that time to 2,027,395 shares.

         On December 5, 1994,  the Issuer paid in the form of a stock dividend a
3-for-2 split of the Issuer's  Securities (the "Stock  Split").  Pursuant to the
Stock Split, Eastern and EASC received on December 5, 1994, 1,013,697 additional
shares of the Securities, increasing the total number of Securities beneficially
owned by them as a result of the Ionpure transaction to 3,041,092 shares.

          In  addition,  Eastern's  representative  on  the  Issuer's  Board  of
Directors  (presently Mr. Ives) has been granted options under the Issuer's 1991
Directors  Stock Option Plan (see Items 5 and 6 of this statement) to purchase a
total of 26,000 post-Stock Split shares of the Securities,  increasing the total
number of Securities beneficially owned by Eastern and EASC to 3,067,092 shares.

         On  December 7, 1993,  J. Atwood  Ives,  Chairman  and Chief  Executive
Officer  of  Eastern  and  President  of  EASC,  purchased  in  an  open  market
transaction  for his own  account  and with his own  funds  1,000  shares of the
Securities  (increased  to 1,500 shares as a result of the Stock  Split),  for a
price of $23.00 per pre-split share.

Item 4.      Purpose of Transaction
             -----------------------

         Pursuant  to  the  Purchase   Agreement,   Eastern  and  EASC  acquired
Securities thereunder as consideration for the transfer to the Issuer of all the
outstanding  capital  stock of Ionpure in a  transaction  not involving a public
offering and exempt from the registration  requirements of the Securities Act of
1933,  as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  pursuant to Section  4(2)  thereof.
Eastern and EASC planned to hold such Securities,  and the additional Securities
received in the Stock Split, for their own account for investment.

         Pursuant  to the terms of a  Transfer,  Registration  and Other  Rights
Agreement  between EASC and the Issuer dated December 1, 1993 (the  "Stockholder
Agreement"),  which was entered into in connection with the Purchase  Agreement,
the Issuer filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Number
33-76042,  effective April 29, 1994, with a prospectus supplement dated November
28, 1994) (the "Shelf Registration Statement"), registering under the Securities
Act of 1933 the  Securities  beneficially  owned by Eastern and EASC. The Issuer
has filed two post  effective  amendments to the Shelf  Registration  Statement,
Post-Effective  Amendment  No.1,  filed  October 10,  1995,  and  Post-Effective
Amendment No. 2, filed November 2, 1995.

         On November 1, 1995,  Eastern and EASC  announced that they had advised
United  States  Filter   Corporation  of  their  intent  to  sell,   subject  to
satisfactory   price  and  market   conditions,   the  U.S.  Filter   Securities
beneficially  owned by them  (3,041,092  shares  of  common  stock)  in a public
offering.  These Securities are the subject of the Shelf Registration Statement,
as  amended.  The  Securities  constitute  all of the  shares of the  Securities
beneficially  owned by Eastern  and EASC,  other than 26,000  shares  subject to
options granted to Eastern's  representative  on the Issuer's Board of Directors
pursuant to the terms of the Issuer's 1991 Directors Stock Option Plan.

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         The  Securities  beneficially  owned by Eastern and EASC are subject to
the Stockholder Agreement. The Stockholder Agreement provides for:

(1) transfer  restrictions on the  Securities,  any shares of any other class of
    capital stock of the Issuer acquired pursuant to the Stockholder  Agreement,
    and shares  acquired  upon  conversion  of or  exchange  for any such shares
    (collectively,  the "Shares"),  and restrictive  legends on the certificates
    representing the Shares,  intended to ensure  compliance with the Securities
    Act in connection with any transfer thereof;

(2) registration  rights under the Securities Act with respect to the Securities
    and any shares of Common  Stock issued upon  conversion  of Shares which are
    not Common Stock (together, the "Registrable Securities"), including (i) the
    current Shelf  Registration  Statement,  which  (subject to the  termination
    provisions  of the  Stockholder  Agreement  described  below)  is to be kept
    effective for so long as Registrable  Securities  are held by Eastern,  EASC
    and their  affiliates  which are not  natural  persons  (provided  that they
    collectively hold at least 375,000 shares of the Securities issued under the
    Purchase  Agreement  or  acquired  pursuant  to the  Stockholder  Agreement)
    (together, the "Purchasers") or any transferees of at least 1,500,000 Shares
    (the Purchasers and such transferees being  collectively  referred to herein
    as the  "Holders");  (ii) the  right of the  Holders  to up to three  demand
    registrations  with  respect  to the  Registrable  Securities,  if the Shelf
    Registration  Statement is not kept effective as required by the Stockholder
    Agreement;  and (iii) piggyback  registration  rights for the Holders in the
    event that the Issuer  registers any Common Stock for its own account or the
    account of any other  security  holder,  other than  registrations  relating
    solely to employee benefit plans or a transaction  subject to Rule 145 under
    the Securities Act;

(3) the agreement of the Holders that,  upon receipt of a notice from the Issuer
    that the  prospectus  relating  to any such shelf  registration  includes an
    untrue  statement  of a  material  fact or omits to  state a  material  fact
    required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the  statements  therein
    not misleading in light of the  circumstances  under which the prospectus is
    used, they will refrain from selling Registrable  Securities under the Shelf
    Registration  Statement,  as amended, until (i) subsequently notified by the
    Issuer that such  registration  is current,  or (ii)  receipt of a favorable
    opinion of counsel that the Holders may sell their  securities in compliance
    with the  Securities  Act and the  Exchange  Act without  disclosure  of the
    non-public information;

(4) the agreement of the Holders that, upon request of the underwriters managing
    an underwritten  offering of the Issuer's securities,  they will not sell or
    dispose of any  Registrable  Securities,  other than those  included in such
    registration,  except in a private sale or  transfer,  for a period of up to
    180 days;

(5) the  agreement of the Issuer to cooperate  with Eastern in making  necessary
    securities  filings and taking such other  actions as shall be  necessary or
    appropriate in connection with any distribution of Registrable Securities by
    Eastern or its  affiliates  to Eastern's  shareholders,  and to maintain the
    effectiveness of any registration statement in connection therewith;
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(6) the right of the Purchasers to purchase  additional shares of voting capital
    stock of the  Issuer,  or  rights  to  acquire  such  voting  capital  stock
    ("Offered  Securities"),  in the event that the Issuer  proposes  to sell or
    issue any Offered  Securities,  at the same price and upon the same terms as
    those of the proposed sale, in the following amounts:
             (i)  other  than  under  the  circumstances  referred  to in clause
             (6)(ii) below, in such amount as will enable each of them to retain
             its  percentage  share  of  the  Issuer's  voting  power,  assuming
             conversion of all convertible Offered Securities and/or exercise of
             all Offered  Securities that are options or warrants (provided that
             such right to  purchase  shall not be  applicable  with  respect to
             Offered Securities issuable in the ordinary course under any
             employee or director stock benefit plan or in connection with a 
             merger or other acquisition); or

             (ii) if the proposed  sale or issue of Offered  Securities  is at a
             price  which is less than the  lower of 15% below the then  current
             market price or prevailing  customary and reasonable price for such
             Offered Securities or for substantially  equivalent securities,  in
             such amount as the  Purchasers  shall  specify  (subject to similar
             rights  granted by the Issuer to the holders of its Series A Voting
             Cumulative Preferred Stock);

(7) the agreement of the  Purchasers  that, for the period ending on the earlier
    of December  1, 1999 or six months  after any breach by the Issuer of any of
    its  obligations  with respect to Eastern's  representation  on the Issuer's
    Board of Directors described in clause (11) below (the "Standstill Period"),
    unless a majority  of the  Continuing  Directors  (as defined in clause (11)
    below)  otherwise  consent,  the  Purchasers  will not  acquire  any  voting
    securities of the Issuer unless,  immediately  after the acquisition,  their
    aggregate percentage share of the Issuer's voting power, assuming conversion
    of all shares of capital stock convertible into Common Stock,  would be less
    than or equal to 22.2% of such voting power (i.e., the Purchasers' aggregate
    percentage  share of such  voting  power on  December  1,  1993),  minus the
    percentage  share,  if  any,  transferred  to  transferees  other  than  the
    Purchasers; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchasers may
    acquire  voting  securities  of the  Issuer  without  regard to  amount  (i)
    pursuant to the purchase  rights  described in the  preceding  clause (6) or
    (ii) if any person or group,  other than the Issuer or any of its affiliates
    or employee benefit plans or the Purchasers,  makes (x) a tender or exchange
    offer or other bona fide offer to acquire  voting  securities  of the Issuer
    which would result in such person or group  beneficially  owning 20% or more
    of the voting power of the Issuer,  or (y) a formal  proposal or offer for a
    merger,  consolidation or other business  combination directly or indirectly
    involving  a change of control of the  Issuer,  or to  acquire  directly  or
    indirectly  all or  substantially  all the assets of the Issuer (a "Business
    Combination Proposal") which Business Combination Proposal is either (A) not
    withdrawn or  terminated or rejected by the Board of Directors of the Issuer
    within 30 days  after  such  Business  Combination  Proposal  is made or (B)
    accepted by the Board of  Directors  of the Issuer  (such  prohibition  with
    respect to acquisition of voting  securities  would again become  applicable
    upon  withdrawal,  termination  or  rejection  of such an offer or proposal,
    except to the  extent a  Purchaser  is  legally  obligated  to  complete  an
    acquisition of voting securities);

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(8) the agreement of the Purchasers  that,  during the Standstill  Period,  they
    will take any  required  action to vote all Shares owned by them (i) for the
    Board of  Directors'  nominees for election to the Board of Directors of the
    Issuer  (provided  that the  Purchasers  may in any  event  vote  for  their
    designees  to such  Board)  and (ii)  unless a  majority  of the  Continuing
    Directors (as defined in clause (11) below) otherwise consent,  on all other
    matters in the same  proportion as the votes cast by other holders of voting
    securities,  other than those that relate to (x) any merger,  consolidation,
    or other  business  combination  involving  the  Issuer,  any  sale,  lease,
    transfer or other  disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the
    Issuer, any recapitalization or similar transaction  involving the Issuer or
    any dissolution or complete or partial  liquidation of the Issuer or (y) the
    approval of any amendment to the Issuer's  Certificate of  Incorporation  or
    By-Laws requiring stockholder approval;

(9) the agreement of the Purchasers  that,  during the Standstill  Period,  they
    will not (i) solicit  proxies or become a participant in a  solicitation  in
    opposition to a recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, (ii)
    join a  partnership,  limited  partnership,  syndicate  or  other  group  or
    otherwise act in concert with any other person for the purpose of acquiring,
    holding,  voting or disposing of voting  securities of the Issuer,  or (iii)
    initiate,  propose or otherwise solicit stockholders for the approval of one
    or more stockholder proposals;

(10)the agreement of the Holders not to engage in a public  distribution  of the
    Registrable  Securities  except  pursuant  to a  distribution  to  Eastern's
    stockholders, or a public offering in which the Holders shall use their best
    efforts to ensure a broad  distribution of the Registrable  Securities;  and
    that,  without  the consent of a majority of the  Continuing  Directors  (as
    defined in clause (11) below),  they will not transfer any voting securities
    of the Issuer in one or more private  offerings to any person or group which
    would  immediately  thereafter,  to the  knowledge of any of the  Purchasers
    after reasonable  inquiry,  own or have the right to acquire more than 5% of
    the voting  power of the Issuer,  other than a transfer to a  subsidiary  or
    affiliate of any such Purchaser; and

(11)the agreement of Issuer (i) that, so long as the  Purchasers own at least 5%
    of the voting power of the Issuer, the Board of Directors of the Issuer will
    be required  from time to time to nominate for  election to such Board,  and
    the Issuer will use its best efforts to cause to be elected, Eastern's chief
    executive  officer or chief operating  officer,  or (subject to the consent,
    which will not be  unreasonably  withheld,  of a majority of  directors  not
    affiliated with Eastern who became members of the Board prior to December 1,
    1993,  and any successor of such a director who is recommended by a majority
    of such directors  ("Continuing  Directors"))  another person  designated by
    Eastern; (ii) that so long as Eastern and its affiliates own at least 10% of
    the voting power of the Issuer,  Eastern  will have the right to  designate,
    and the Issuer will use its best  efforts to cause to be  elected,  a second
    member of the Issuer's Board,  subject to Continuing  Director consent which
    will not be unreasonably  withheld;  (iii) that Eastern shall have the right
    to specify the class or classes in which its  designee(s)  will serve,  with
    such designees to be distributed  among classes as evenly as possible,  with
    any extra person to be included in the class that will result in the longest
    possible term; (iv) that one of Eastern's  designees will serve on the Audit
    Committee  and,  subject  to  Continuing   Director  consent,   other  Board
    Committees (not including the Nominating Committee);  and (v) that if at any

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    time  no  Eastern  designee  is  serving  on the  Issuer's  Board  or  Audit
    Committee,  as the case may be, Eastern will be entitled to notice of and to
    have a representative  attend all Board or Audit Committee meetings,  as the
    case may be, and to receive all  information  provided to directors or Audit
    Committee  members,  subject  to  execution  by such  representative  of any
    confidentiality agreement reasonably requested by the Issuer.
 
         The  Stockholder  Agreement  will terminate at such time as the Holders
hold less than 5% of the  issued and  outstanding  Common  Stock of the  Issuer,
except as to the provisions regarding  registration rights, which will remain in
force so long as the  Holders  hold  300,000  or more  Shares in the  aggregate,
subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations or similar
recapitalizations.

         The Securities  beneficially owned by Eastern and EASC have been listed
by the Issuer for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

         In connection with the Purchase Agreement, Messrs. Richard J. Heckmann,
Michael J.  Reardon and Tim L. Traff,  each of them being a director,  executive
officer  and  stockholder  of the Issuer,  and Andrew D.  Seidel,  an  executive
officer and stockholder of the Issuer, entered into an agreement with the Issuer
and  Eastern  whereby  each  agreed,  during  such time as he is employed by the
Issuer,  to cause  all of the  shares  of  capital  stock of the  Issuer  now or
hereafter beneficially owned by him or over which he now or hereafter has voting
control to be voted in favor of the  transactions  contemplated  by the Purchase
Agreement and the election of J. Atwood Ives to the Issuer's Board of Directors,
and in  favor  of all of the  Purchaser's  designees  to the  Issuer's  Board of
Directors pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement.  Such agreement terminates upon
termination  of the  Stockholder  Agreement  (other  than the  portions  thereof
pertaining  to  registration  rights).  In addition,  James E. Clark,  Arthur B.
Laffer,  Alfred E. Osborne, Jr. and C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., each of them being a
director  and  stockholder  of the Issuer,  and Verne  Winchell and Cliff Traff,
being stockholders of the Issuer,  entered into an agreement with the Issuer and
Eastern  whereby each agreed to cause all of the shares of capital  stock of the
Issuer  now or  hereafter  beneficially  owned  by him or over  which  he now or
hereafter  has  voting  control  to  be  voted  in  favor  of  the  transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the election of J. Atwood Ives to the
Issuer's Board of Directors.  All such  agreements are  hereinafter  referred to
collectively as the "Voting Agreements".

         Pursuant  to  Eastern's  rights  under the  Stockholder  Agreement,  as
described  above,  J.  Atwood  Ives,  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer of
Eastern,  was elected to the Issuer's Board of Directors at the Issuer's  Annual
Meeting of  Stockholders  held on December 1, 1993,  for a term  expiring at the
Issuer's 1996 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,  and was appointed to the Issuer's
Audit  Committee  at the  meeting of the  Issuer's  Board of  Directors  held on
December 1, 1993. Eastern has not yet designated a second member of the Issuer's
Board of  Directors  or  requested  that its Board  designee be appointed to the
Issuer's   Compensation   Committee  or  other  committees  (not  including  the
Nominating  Committee),  which Eastern is entitled to do under the provisions of
the Stockholder Agreement.  Because of Eastern's  representation on the Issuer's
Board of Directors and committees of such Board,  it and such  representative(s)
 
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are expected to exercise  their  judgment,  take positions and seek to influence
decisions  with  respect  to all  matters  coming  before  the  Board  and  such
committees,  which may include one or more of those matters specified in clauses
(a) through (j) of Item 4 of Schedule  13D.  However,  it is intended  that such
representative(s)  will not participate in decisions of such Board or committees
specifically  concerning  Eastern,  any  transactions  between  the  Issuer  and
Eastern, or any securities of the Issuer beneficially owned by Eastern.

         The 1,000 shares  (1,500  post-Stock  Split  shares) of the  Securities
purchased  by Mr.  Ives on  December  7, 1993 were  acquired  by him for his own
account for  investment.  Options for 26,000 shares of the Securities  have been
granted to him under the Issuer's 1991  Directors  Stock Option Plan (see Item 6
of this Statement).

Item 5.      Interest in Securities of the Issuer
             ------------------------------------

         The aggregate number of shares of the Securities  beneficially owned by
Eastern  and EASC is  3,067,092  shares,  representing  12.0% of the  25,509,909
outstanding  shares  of  Common  Stock of the  Issuer,  based on the  number  of
outstanding  shares  reported in the Issuer's Post Effective  Amendment No. 2 to
the Shelf  Registration  Statement  (filed  November 2,  1995).  All such shares
beneficially  owned by Eastern  and EASC (other  than the 26,000  option  shares
described in Item 6 of this  statement) are held in the name of EASC,  which has
sole voting and  investment  power with respect to all such  shares.  Eastern is
deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of such Securities held by EASC.

         Of the  Securities  beneficially  owned by EASC and Eastern,  2,027,395
shares  were  acquired by them on  December  1, 1993  pursuant  to the  Purchase
Agreement,  under which  Eastern and WPGI  transferred  to the Issuer all of the
outstanding  shares of capital stock of Ionpure in exchange for such  Securities
and  $100,000  in cash,  1,013,697  shares were  acquired  pursuant to the Stock
Split,  and  26,000  are  represented  by  stock  options.  (see  Item 6 of this
Statement).

         The aggregate number of shares of the Securities  beneficially owned by
J.  Atwood  Ives  is  27,500  shares,   representing  0.11%  of  the  25,509,909
outstanding  shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. Of such shares,  1,000 shares
were  purchased  by him  personally  on  December  7,  1993  in an  open  market
transaction,  for a price of $23.00 per share  (such  shares were  increased  to
1,500 as a result  of the  Stock  Split),  and  26,000  shares  are  subject  to
exercisable  options  granted  to  him as  Eastern's  representative  under  the
Issuer's 1991  Directors  Stock Option Plan (see Item 6 of this  Statement).  No
other  trustee,  director or executive  officer of Eastern or EASC  beneficially
owns any Securities.

Item 6.      Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With
             -------------------------------------------------------------
             Respect to Securities of the Issuer
             -----------------------------------

      Rights and  obligations of Eastern, EASC and the Issuer with respect to
securities of the Issuer under the Stockholder Agreement, Purchase Agreement 
and Voting Agreements are described in Item 4 of this Statement on Schedule 13D.

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         The Issuer has adopted a 1991 Directors Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"),
under  which  each  nonemployee  director  of the Issuer is granted an option to
purchase  8,000 shares of the  Securities on the first  business day of April in
each calendar year in which he or she serves on the Issuer's  Board of Directors
and upon his or her  initial  election to the Board,  provided  that the initial
option granted to a new director  elected to the Board after September 30th of a
calendar year shall be for 4,000 shares of the  Securities.  Such options have a
term of four  years,  are  exercisable  in full  immediately  and provide for an
exercise price equal to the greater of (i) $2.00 less than the fair market value
of the Securities on the date of grant (currently  determined by the mean of the
high and low prices of the  Securities  on the New York Stock  Exchange) or (ii)
60% of such fair market value. Eastern's representative on the Issuer's Board of
Directors,  was  granted an initial  option  under the Plan for 4,000  shares on
December  1, 1993,  with an  exercise  price of $23.00 per share;  an option for
8,000 shares on April 1, 1994 with an exercise price of $18.94 per share; and an
option for 8,000 shares on April 1, 1995 with an exercise  price of $13.5625 per
share.  As a result of Stock Split,  the options granted on December 1, 1993 and
April 1, 1994 were adjusted to increase the number of shares subject  thereto to
6,000 shares and 12,000 shares, respectively,  and to reduce the exercise prices
thereof to $15.3334 and $12.6266 per share, respectively. Accordingly, the total
number of shares now subject to such options granted is 26,000. Any net monetary
benefit  realized with respect to any such option and any future options granted
to Eastern's  representative  under the Plan will be paid by such representative
to Eastern.



Item 7.      Material to be Filed as Exhibits
             --------------------------------

             The  following  are filed as  Exhibits  to this  Statement  on
             Schedule 13D:

     Exhibit A     -        Joint Filing Agreement of Eastern and EASC

     Exhibit B     -        Transfer, Registration and Other Rights Agreement, 
                            dated December 1, 1993, between EASC and the Issuer

     Exhibit C     -        Voting Agreements of Messrs. Heckmann, Reardon, T.
                            Traff, Seidel, Clark, Laffer, Osborne, Wilkins, 
                            Winchell and C. Traff

     Exhibit D     -        Stock Purchase  Agreement dated August 30,  1993,  
                            among  Eastern,  WPGI  and the  Issuer filed as 
                            Annex A to the Issuer's Proxy  Statement dated
                            October 27, 1993, and incorporated herein by
                            reference)

    Exhibit E      -        1991  Directors  Stock  Option Plan of the Issuer, 
                            as amended through September 28, 1992.


The  above  Exhibits  were  filed  previously  and have been  omitted  from this
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amendment No. 1 pursuant to Rule 13d-2(c).
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Signature
- ---------
         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.



Date:   November 7, 1995
        ----------------

EASTERN ENTERPRISES                        EASTERN ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.



By:                                                 By:
   ---------------------------                         -----------------------
L. William Law, Jr.                                 L. William Law, Jr.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and          Vice President
Secretary


                                                           Page 12 of 14

<PAGE>

                                                           Schedule I
                                                           ----------

          Information with Respect to Trustees and Executive Officers
            of Eastern and Directors and Executive Officers of EASC
          -----------------------------------------------------------

         The  following  list sets forth the name of each trustee and  executive
officer of Eastern and each  director and executive  officer of EASC.  Such list
also sets forth,  as to each  trustee of Eastern,  his or her present  principal
occupation  or employment  (if any),  business  address and the name,  principal
business and address of any corporation or other  organization in which any such
employment  is  conducted.  With  respect to  executive  officers of Eastern and
directors and executive  officers of EASC, the present  principal  employment of
each is with  Eastern  Enterprises,  in the  capacity  indicated on the attached
list, and his or her business address, and the address of Eastern and EASC, is 9
Riverside Road,  Weston,  Massachusetts,  02193.  Each person  identified on the
attached list is a citizen of the United States.

                           EASTERN ENTERPRISES
                           -------------------
Trustees:
- --------
Richard R. Clayton                  President and Chief Operating Officer
                                    Eastern Enterprises
                                    9 Riverside Road
                                    Weston, MA  02193

Samuel Frankenheim                  Counsel
                                    Ropes & Gray  (law firm)
                                    One International Place
                                    Boston, MA  02110-2624

Dean W. Freed                       Director and Retired Chairman
                                    EG&G, Inc. (technological products and 
                                    services company)
                                    45 Williams Street
                                    Wellesley, MA  02181

Robert P. Henderson                 Chairman
                                    Greylock Management Corporation (venture 
                                    capital firm)
                                    One Federal Street, 26th Floor
                                    Boston, MA  02110

J. Atwood Ives                      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                    Eastern Enterprises
                                    9 Riverside Road
                                    Weston, MA  02193

Leonard R. Jaskol                   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                    Lydall, Inc. (manufacturing company)
                                    One Colonial Road
                                    Manchester, CT  06045
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Thomas W. Jones                     President and Chief Operating Officer
                                    Teachers Insurance and Annuity
                                    Association/College Retirement Equities
                                    Fund (TIAA/CREF) (financial services)
                                    730 Third Avenue
                                    New York, NY  10017

Rina K. Spence                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                                    RKS Health Ventures Corporation
                                    (health care)
                                    20 University Road
                                    Cambridge, MA  02138

David B. Stone                      Chairman
                                    North American Management Corporation
                                   (financial services)
                                    Ten Post Office Square, Suite 300
                                    Boston, MA  02109

Executive Officers:

         J. Atwood Ives             Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
         Richard R. Clayton         President and Chief Operating Officer
         Walter J. Flaherty         Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                    Officer
         Chester R. Messer          Senior Vice President
         Fred C. Raskin             Senior Vice President
         L. William Law, Jr.        Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
                                    Secretary

                      EASTERN ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP.
                      -----------------------------------

Directors:
- ---------
         Richard R. Clayton
         Walter J. Flaherty
         J. Atwood Ives

Executive Officers:
- ------------------
         J. Atwood Ives             President
         Richard R. Clayton         Vice President
         Walter J. Flaherty         Vice President
         L. William Law, Jr.        Vice President
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