Transportable water treatment apparatus
OwnerMaurice Lacasseinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a transportable apparatus for water treatment. More particularly, the apparatus is destined to be fully automated and provide drinkable water quality to small-size municipalities. The apparatus is connected to a raw water source and comprises, within its own transportable housing, all the necessary components to treat water. The water treatment process requires the use of various water treatment stages to gradually purify the water source, involving a series of filters and in a preferred embodiment, uses ozone as a disinfectant.
Claims35
A water treatment apparatus to purify water coming from an external water source as water flows in said apparatus, said water source containing unwanted particles and/or substances and/or having high levels of turbidity, said apparatus comprising:
- a transportable housing which is adapted to be connected to said water source;
- a first filter which removes a portion of said unwanted particles from said water source;
- a disinfectant generator system which produces and provides disinfectant,
- a mixer which mixes said disinfectant with said water source from said first filter;
- a reactor which defines an inner chamber connected to said mixer and favors the molecular reaction of said water source with said disinfectant to remove a significant portion of any remaining said unwanted particles and/or substances and inactivate another portion of the left said unwanted particles and/or substances;
A water treatment apparatus to purify water coming from an external water source as water flows in said apparatus, said water source containing unwanted particles and/or substances and/or having high levels of turbidity, said apparatus comprising:
- a transportable housing which is adapted to be connected to said water source;
- a first filter which removes a portion of said unwanted particles from said water source;
- a disinfectant generator system which produces and provides disinfectant, a mixer which mixes said disinfectant with said water source from said first filter;
- a reactor which defines an inner chamber connected to said mixer and favors the molecular reaction of said water source with said disinfectant to remove a significant portion of any remaining said unwanted particles and/or substances and inactivate another portion of the left said unwanted particles and/or substances;
- a second filter which removes another portion of said unwanted particles and/or substances from said water source;
- a third filter which lowers the turbidity level and lowers said disinfectant in said water source;
- a fourth filter which lower said inactivated unwanted particles and/or substances from said water source.
A method of installing a water treatment system using an ozone generator means at an installation location, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. building the water treatment system at a location remote to the installation location;
- b. installing the water treatment system in an enclosure such that the water treatment system can be relocated by moving the enclosure, and such that the water treatment system can treat a water source external to said enclosure without being removed from said enclosure;
- c. transporting said enclosure to the installation location;
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- e. installing the enclosure at the installation location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.