An electric-powered submersible vacuum cleaner for filtering water in a pool comprising: a base including an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface being positionable over a surface of the pool to be cleaned, and at least one opening extending through the upper and lower surfaces to define an inlet port; a plurality of rotationally-mounted supports extending from the lower surface of the base and configured to facilitate movement of the vacuum cleaner over the surface of the pool; an impeller having a plurality of blades and being coaxially aligned with the inlet port of the base for drawing said water and debris from the pool; an electric-powered drive train directly coupled above the base and configured to rotate the impeller; a discharge conduit having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion being in fluid communication with the inlet port and extending substantially normal to the upper surface of the base, said discharge conduit circumscribing a first portion of the impeller blades to direct the flow of water and debris drawn through the inlet port by the impeller, and an outwardly extending flange circumscribing a second portion of the impeller blades; a filter mounted to the cleaner to receive the water from over the discharge conduit and configured to filter the debris from the drawn water and pass filtered water into the pool; the outwardly extending flange extending from the upper portion of the discharge conduit and configured to secure the filter; and a handle configured to attach to and facilitate the manual movement of the vacuum cleaner over the surface of the pool, each of the plurality of impeller blades has a leading edge and trailing edge, characterized in that the impeller being set at a height such that the leading edges of the impeller blades are positioned to extend into the discharge conduit below a lower portion of the outwardly extending flange and the trailing edges of the impeller blades extend above the lower portion of the outwardly extending flange. a base including an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface being positionable over a surface of the pool to be cleaned, and at least one opening extending through the upper and lower surfaces to define an inlet port; a plurality of rotationally-mounted supports extending from the lower surface of the base and configured to facilitate movement of the vacuum cleaner over the surface of the pool; an impeller having a plurality of blades and being coaxially aligned with the inlet port of the base for drawing said water and debris from the pool; an electric-powered drive train directly coupled above the base and configured to rotate the impeller; a discharge conduit having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion being in fluid communication with the inlet port and extending substantially normal to the upper surface of the base, said discharge conduit circumscribing a first portion of the impeller blades to direct the flow of water and debris drawn through the inlet port by the impeller, and an outwardly extending flange circumscribing a second portion of the impeller blades; a filter mounted to the cleaner to receive the water from over the discharge conduit and configured to filter the debris from the drawn water and pass filtered water into the pool; the outwardly extending flange extending from the upper portion of the discharge conduit and configured to secure the filter; and a handle configured to attach to and facilitate the manual movement of the vacuum cleaner over the surface of the pool, each of the plurality of impeller blades has a leading edge and trailing edge, characterized in that the impeller being set at a height such that the leading edges of the impeller blades are positioned to extend into the discharge conduit below a lower portion of the outwardly extending flange and the trailing edges of the impeller blades extend above the lower portion of the outwardly extending flange.