Bring your own water treatment system

Details Bring your own water treatment system Bring your own water treatment system

2011-08-23

2011-08-23

Popovics, Robert James (Department: 1778)

Liquid purification or separation

Processes

Utilizing electrical or wave energy directly applied to...

C210S792000, C210S804000, C210S807000, C210S138000, C210S265000, C210S275000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08002993

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for filtering a fluid is presented. In one embodiment, the apparatus converts contaminated water into water having a lower turbidity and bacterial contamination level than the contaminated water. The apparatus includes a settling unit for at least partially settling a portion of the water; a filter unit having a filtration media; wherein the filtration media comprises sand, anthracite coal, burnt rice husks, diatomaceous earth, gravel, pumice gravel, or combinations thereof; a sanitation unit; wherein the sanitation unit is an ultraviolet disinfection unit; a backwash unit; wherein the settling unit is in fluid communications with the filter unit and the backwash unit, the backwash unit is in fluid communications with the filter unit, and the filter unit is in fluid communications with the sanitation unit; and wherein at least a portion of the settling unit is elevated above the filter unit.

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