Package of water treatment pellets, a water treatment feeder device employing the package of water treatment pellets and a water treatment feeder system

A water treatment feeder system for a structure operative to circulate water thereabout, the structure including a water basin containing the water at a water level, circulation piping, a pump interposed in the circulation piping for pumping the water from the water basin and circulating the water back to the water basin, the water treatment feeder system comprising:

• a water treatment feeder device disposed downstream of the pump and including:
• a hollow, box-shaped magazine body having a front wall, a rear wall facially opposing and disposed apart from the front wall, a pair of side walls disposed apart from one another and connected to and between the front wall and the rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall facially opposing and disposed apart from the top wall, the top wall and the bottom wall connected to the front wall, the rear wall and the pair of side walls to define a generally box-shaped internal magazine chamber, the bottom wall having an inlet opening formed therethough, the top wall having an outlet opening formed therethrough and the front wall having a plurality of ports formed therethrough;
• and
• a plurality of porous holders disposed in the internal magazine chamber, spanning between the front wall and the rear wall and secured therein such that a respective one of the plurality of porous holders corresponds to and generally aligns with a respective one of the plurality of ports;
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• at least one package of water treatment pellets laced with at least one water treatment chemical and disposed in the magazine body in a water-sealed manner and in a selected one of the plurality of porous holders, the at least one package of water treatment pellets including:
• a first container fabricated from a water-dissolvable sheet material, the first container being filled with and encasing the water treatment pellets;
• and
• a second container fabricated from a porous material, the second container sized and adapted to receive the first container filled with and encasing the water treatment pellets,
• wherein, when the pump is energized, a portion of the water flowing downstream of the pump is directed to the inlet opening of the magazine body to fill the magazine body with water and thereafter to the outlet opening of the magazine body for the water to flow out of the magazine body so that the water flowing through the magazine body subsequently discharges into the water basin and
• wherein, upon contact with the water, the first container dissolves thereby exposing the water treatment pellets to the water in the magazine body through the second container and the selected one of the porous holders, which, in turn, causes the at least one water treatment chemical to leach from the water treatment pellets and infuse the water with the at least one water treatment chemical to produce a chemically-treated water.