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US 2003/0141229 A1Published application
Wastewater treatment apparatus
OwnerKevin R. Chaffeeinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus provides for treatment of primary effluent from residential and commercial establishments to allow subsurface or surface disposable of wastewater.
Claims25
A wastewater treatment apparatus comprising:
- a recirculation chamber;
- a dosing chamber having no direct fluid connection to the recirculation chamber;
- a filter layer containing a filter media and being located above the recirculation and dosing chambers, the recirculation chamber, the dosing chamber, and the filter layer being located in a single tank;
- an influent pipe that directs wastewater entering the wastewater treatment apparatus into the recirculation chamber;
- a recirculation pump located in the recirculation chamber, the recirculation pump pumping the wastewater from the recirculation chamber onto the filter layer;
- a porous filter underdrain, the wastewater flowing through the filter media of the filter layer being directed through the underdrain and being directed into the recirculation chamber and the dosing chamber;
- a septic tank return pipe connected to the dosing chamber, a portion of the wastewater being discharged from the wastewater treatment apparatus through the septic tank return pipe back to a septic tank for additional treatment;
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- an effluent discharge pipe connected to the dosing chamber, the wastewater being discharged from the wastewater treatment apparatus through the effluent discharge pipe for final disposal.
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A wastewater treatment apparatus comprising:
- a recirculation chamber;
- a dosing chamber having no direct fluid connection to the recirculation chamber;
- a filter layer containing a filter media and being located above the recirculation and dosing chambers, the recirculation chamber, the dosing chamber, and the filter layer being located in a single tank;
- an influent pipe that directs wastewater entering the wastewater treatment apparatus into the recirculation chamber;
- a recirculation pump located in the recirculation chamber, the recirculation pump pumping the wastewater from the recirculation chamber onto the filter layer;
- a septic tank return pipe connected to the dosing chamber, a portion of the wastewater being discharged from the wastewater treatment apparatus through the septic tank return pipe back to a septic tank for additional treatment;
- and
- an effluent discharge pipe connected to the dosing chamber, the wastewater being discharged from the wastewater treatment apparatus through the effluent discharge pipe for final disposal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.