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US 12,673,881 B2Granted
Surface water cleaning systems and method of their use
AssigneeKai Pono Solutions, Inc.
InventorsNavy Sioux McKee, Daniel Robert McKee, Bailey Theadore Schantz, Jackson Coghlin Dickson, Edward Banuelos
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Abstract
Provided herein are systems and methods for cleaning surface water streams. More specifically, surface water is cleaned using the systems and methods described herein wherein the surface water cleaning system comprises sequential aligned basins which are configured to direct water flow through one or a series of filter media such that the filtered water stream is reduced in organic chemicals and/or particles.
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An apparatus for purifying contaminated surface water runoff comprising:
- an elongate open gutter;
- a first elongate removable basin having an open top and an outlet at a bottom thereof;
- a second elongate removable basin having an open top and an outlet at a bottom thereof;
- wherein, each of the first and second elongate removable basins is disposed within the elongate open gutter, in an end-to-end, linearly aligned fashion, each of the first and second elongate removable basins having at least one filter capable of reducing a concentration of contaminants in the contaminated surface water runoff, wherein the first elongate removable basin is fluidly coupled to the second elongate removable basin such that water flow unable to flow through the outlet of the first elongate removable basin may flow to the second elongate removable basin;
- at least one grate enclosing the open tops of both the first and second elongate removable basins, the at least one grate preventing objects or solids above a certain size from entering the first and second elongate removable basins;
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- wherein, contaminated surface water runoff flows over the at least one grate and into the first and second removable basins, past the filter where contaminants are removed, with a purified water flowing through the outlets of the first and second elongate removable basins, and into the elongate open gutter, which is in fluid communication with a sewer system.
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