We resisted getting a plate chiller. We had IC with small IC pre chiller. We have a counterflow Chin Chiller. The Counter flow was a pain and also had cleaning issues and did not work as well as we wanted so we went back to the IC chiller and had the long chill time. We finally broke down and bought a Therminator Plate Chiller. OMG !++++++++.
In Dallas Texas area we can pump the wort at full bore and have to turn down the chilling water (regular garden hose right from the tap) to get to 67 degrees. The tap water is around 50 degrees. In the summer, we fill up a trash can and add ice (we freeze in mt 1 gal water jugs that we save from our Lager brews). We pump that water with a utility sump pump. We do pump the wort with a March Pump. We "filter" the Wort with a "Hop Rocket" filled with either leaf hops (Great Aroma) or SS scrubie things. We just hook up the PBW cleaning backwards and sit back with a brew to wipe the sweat off our brow from having to move a hose. It is actually easier to clean than the old IC chiller which is now a piece of art in our brewery. We use the counter flow chiller as a HERMS and it works very well for that. We recently purchased an in line filter tube from Brewer's Hardware for addition "pre filtlering". I would saw get one, but you will be happier if you are able to pump but on his hop rocket demo video, it is just gravity fed.