Canister for Treatment of Contaminated Fluids

A method of manufacturing an apparatus for treating contaminated fluid, the method comprising:

• providing an outer element substantially permeable to fluid flow;
• positioning, in substantial axial alignment within the outer element, an inner element having a pathway defined along an interior surface of the inner element;
• securing a position of the inner element relative to that of the outer element;
• and
• adding a waste adsorbent material between the outer element and the inner element for removing certain contaminants within the fluid flowing into the apparatus and across the outer element.

A method of treating contaminated fluid, the method comprising:

• providing an apparatus having an outer element into which contaminated fluid flows, an inner element positioned in substantial axial alignment within the outer element, an adsorbent material disposed between the outer element and the inner element for removing certain contaminants within the fluid flow, and a pathway, defined by an interior surface of the inner element, along which treated fluid exiting the inner element into the pathway can be directed out from the apparatus;
• immersing the apparatus within a flow of contaminated fluid;
• directing the contaminated fluid to flow across the outer element, so as to remove solid contaminants;
• permitting the fluid to flow from the outer element across the waste adsorbent material, so as to remove additional contaminants from the fluid flow;
• allowing the fluid treated from the adsorbent material to move across the inner element and into the pathway;
• and
• guiding the treated fluid along the pathway and out of the apparatus for collection.