Method and System for Retrofitting An Existing Water Treatment System
OwnerSteven L. Cortinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for retrofitting an existing water treatment system having one or more biological reactor systems and one or more gravity clarifiers. To retrofit the existing water treatment system, the one or more gravity clarifiers of the existing water treatment system are converted to one or more biological reactors. In addition, one or more high rate clarifiers (HRCs) are added to the existing water treatment system. In some cases one or more high rate clarifiers are added downstream of the converted biological reactors, in other cases one or more HRCs is added upstream of the biological reactors, and in other cases a number of HRCs are added, upstream and downstream with respect to the biological reactors.
Claims22
A method of retrofitting an existing water treatment system having one or more biological reactors and one or more gravity clarifiers, comprising:
- converting the one or more gravity clarifiers of the existing water treatment system to one or more biological reactors;
- and adding a high rate clarifier to the existing water treatment system.
A biological water treatment system, comprising:
- a. one or more biological reactors for biologically treating water;
- b. at least one first high rate clarifier disposed upstream from the one or more biological reactors;
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- c. at least one second high rate clarifier disposed in at least one of the biological reactors for clarifying water treated in the biological reactor.
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