Water treatment reactor screening system and method

A wastewater treatment system comprising:

• a reactor configured to receive wastewater and biological growth support media;
• and
• a plurality of screens extending into the reactor along a wall thereof and coupled to respective exit ports through which wastewater may exit the reactor, the screens allowing wastewater to flow through the exit ports while preventing the biological growth support media from flowing into the screens, each screen having an outer screen body and at least one flow modifier tube disposed therein to distribute flow of wastewater into the screen along a length of the screen body, a total effluent flow of wastewater from the reactor being directed collectively through the plurality of screens

A wastewater treatment system comprising:

• a reactor configured to receive wastewater and biological growth support media;
• and
• a screen extending into the reactor and coupled to an exit port through which wastewater may exit the reactor, the screen allowing wastewater to flow through the exit port while preventing the biological growth support media from flowing into the screen, the screen comprising means for generally equalizing slot velocities of wastewater entering slots of the screen along the length thereof.

A wastewater treatment method comprising:

• disposing a screen in a wastewater treatment reactor configured to receive wastewater and biological growth support media, the screen extending into the reactor and coupled to an exit port through which wastewater may exit the reactor, the screen allowing wastewater to flow through the exit port while preventing the biological growth support media from flowing into the screen, the screen comprising means for generally equalizing slot velocities of wastewater entering slots of the screen along the length thereof.