Water restoration system
AssigneeKimball Water & Energy LLC
InventorPhyl Miller Kimball, Jr.
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Abstract
A water restoration system is presented. The system includes a filtration chamber disposed proximate to or within a water basin, such as a watershed basin, to continuously filter contaminants from the water basin without relying on a rain event. The filtration chamber includes a reaction chamber and an aeration and mixing chamber, such that the water removed from the basin interacts with filtration media within the reaction chamber, and such that the filtration media mixes with the water (while the water is aerated) within the aeration and mixing chamber. As a result, water from the basin is continuously filtered through the water restoration system to reduce the concentration of contaminants, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, from the water basin.
Claims20
A water restoration system comprising:
- at least one influent conduit having a first end opposite a second end, the first end configured to be disposed within a water basin, the second end in fluidic communication with a filtration chamber;
- at least one influent pump fluidically coupled to the at least one influent conduit, the at least one influent pump configured to remove an amount of water from the water basin and into the at least one influent conduit;
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- the filtration chamber comprising:
- a reaction chamber having a top surface opposite a bottom surface and at least one sidewall joining the top surface and the bottom surface, such that the top surface, the bottom surface, and the at least one sidewall together define an interior compartment;
- an amount of a filtration media disposed within the interior compartment of the reaction chamber;
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- a mixing and aeration chamber having a bottom surface that is disposed below the top surface of the reaction chamber and at least one sidewall joined to the bottom surface of the mixing and aeration chamber to define an interior compartment therein;
- wherein the influent conduit is configured to introduce at least a portion of the removed amount of water into the reaction chamber,
- wherein the reaction chamber is configured to introduce the filtration media to the removed amount of water,
- wherein a portion of the filtration media and a portion of the removed amount of water are configured to be ejected from the reaction chamber;
- wherein the filtration chamber is configured to convert the removed amount of water into treated water within the mixing and aeration chamber via aeration from oxygen particles within air surrounding the reaction chamber and via mixing of the filtration media into the amount of water;
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- wherein the treated water is configured to be reintroduced into the water basin to continuously treat untreated water within the water basin.
A method of treating and restoring a water basin by removing an amount of pollutants therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:
- removing an amount of untreated water from the water basin;
- ejecting the amount of untreated water into a reaction chamber at a flow velocity;
- colliding particles of a filtration media into the amount of untreated water within the reaction chamber;
- ejecting the particles of the filtration media and the amount of untreated water from the reaction chamber at a height;
- receiving, within a portion of a mixing and aeration chamber that is disposed below the reaction chamber, the particles of the filtration media and the amount of untreated water, such that the particles of the filtration media and the amount of untreated water fall from the height;
- aerating, via oxygen particles within air surrounding the reaction chamber and at a surface of the mixing and aeration chamber, the amount of untreated water;
- mixing, within the mixing and aeration chamber, the particles of the filtration media with the aerated amount of untreated water, thereby converting at least a portion of the amount of untreated water into treated water;
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- reintroducing the treated water into the water basin.
A method of reducing contaminants in a water basin comprising:
- removing an amount of untreated water containing contaminants from the water basin via at least one influent pump fluidically coupled to at least one influent conduit;
- ejecting the amount of untreated water from the at least one influent conduit into a reaction chamber at a flow velocity wherein the reaction chamber contains an amount of filtration media;
- colliding the particles of the filtration media with the amount of untreated water in the reaction chamber;
- ejecting the particles of the filtration media and the amount of untreated water from the reaction chamber at a height into a mixing and aeration chamber disposed below the reaction chamber;
- aerating, via oxygen particles within air surrounding the reaction chamber and at a surface of the mixing and aeration chamber, the amount of untreated water;
- mixing, within the mixing and aeration chamber, the particles of the filtration media with the aerated amount of untreated water, thereby removing the contaminants and converting at least a portion of the amount of untreated water into treated water;
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- reintroducing the treated water into the water basin;
- wherein the reduction of the contaminants in the water basin reduces formation of undesirable algae bloom events.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.