Water treatment system

A water treatment system comprising:

• a mixing assembly having a container adapted to receive a continuous flow of turbid water, an injector adapted to inject a quantity of polymer into the container;
• a settling assembly adapted to receive a continuous flow of polymer water from the mixing assembly;
• a first line coupling the mixing assembly with a source of turbid water, a second line coupling the mixing assembly and the settling assembly;
• a suction pump located between the mixing assembly and the settling assembly, the suction pump adapted to move water through the system;
• the settling assembly includes an influent line and an effluent, the influent line of the settling assembly being adapted to receive a flow of polymer water to be settled and cleaned, the effluent adapted to dispense a flow of settled clean water, the settling assembly formed of a plurality of support surfaces between the diffusion box and the effluent line, each support surface having hinges adapted for contracting the support surfaces when in an overlapping stored orientation for storage and transportation;
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• the hinges adapted for extending the support surfaces when in a generally planar extended configuration for operation and use, an absorbent/filter product on the support surface when in the extended configuration to receive and retain particulate matter settled out from the polymer water.

A water treatment system (10) for cleaning a continuous stream of turbid water in an uninterrupted manner, the system being comprised of a plurality of components, the components including a mixing assembly (14), a settling assembly (16) and lines (18) there between, the system comprising, in combination:

• the mixing assembly (14) having an influent orifice (22) and an effluent orifice (24), the mixing assembly being formed of a plurality of polymer containers (26) in series configuration, each polymer container having an associated injector pump (28) adapted to inject a predetermined flow of a polymer (30) into a mixing container for a particular application, that cleans contaminated water, the influent orifice of the mixing assembly adapted to receive a flow of turbid water (32) from a source to be cleaned, the effluent orifice of the mixing assembly adapted to dispense a flow of polymer water (34), the mixing assembly is chosen from the class of mixing assemblies including single baffles (36), plural baffles (38), flow agitators (40) and auger mixers;
• the settling assembly (16) having an influent line (44) and an effluent line (46), the influent line of the settling assembly being adapted to receive a flow of polymer water to be settled and cleaned, the effluent adapted to dispense a flow of settled clean water, the settling assembly formed of a rectilinear tank (48) with a diffusion box (50) adjacent to the input, a plurality of angled support surfaces (52) between the diffusion box and the effluent line, each support surface having an undulating cross sectional configuration, an absorbent/filter product (54) on the undulating surfaces to receive and retain particulate matter settled out from the polymer water, effluent openings (56) in the diffusion box for feeding polymer water to the absorbent/filter products, clean out openings (58), (60) adjacent to the influent line and effluent line;
• the lines (18) further including an input line (64) coupling the mixing assembly and the source of turbid water, an output line (66) at the output of the settling assembly, an intermediate line (18) coupling the mixing assembly and the settling assembly;
• a suction pump (70) located between the mixing assembly and the settling assembly, the suction pump adapted to move water through the system;
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• controls (77) to dispense the desired amount of polymer which can be adjusted accordingly, dependent upon water variables, the system has an input adapted to pull contaminated water into a first container which mixes with a first solution and then travels to a second container and mixes with a second solution, the system is adapted to couple a plurality of mixing containers dependent upon amount an amount of different biopolymers needed to achieve clean water.

A water treatment system for treating a contaminated water, comprising:

• a container having a mixing assembly adapted to receive the contaminated water;
• an injector coupled to a source of polymer and to said container for injecting a quantity of polymer into said container and defining a polymer water;
• a settling assembly adapted to receive said polymer water from said container for retaining a particulate matter from said polymer water;
• a first line coupling said container with the contaminated water and a second line coupling said container with said settling assembly;
• a suction pump in said second line for displacing said polymer water from said container to said settling assembly;
• an air relief valve and an air agitation inlet coupled to said container for allowing a quantity of air through said air relief valve and into said container;
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• said mixing assembly of said container and said quantity of air in said container agitating the contaminated water and said quantity of polymer for facilitating the mixing of said quantity of polymer with the contaminated water within said container.