Treatment of Water

An apparatus for treating water comprising:

• a first inertial flow device having a first flow channel including:
• a first inlet configured to receive water that has been filtered through a large particle filtration module;
• a first mid-section fluidly coupled to the first inlet, the first mid-section configured to laterally focus particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter suspended in the water;
• a first separation area along the flow channel, the first separation area configured to separate the laterally focused particles from at least a portion of the water;
• a first discharge area downstream from the first separation area, the first discharge area configured to discharge the separated particles from the first flow channel;
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• a first outlet downstream from the first discharge area, wherein the first outlet is configured to transport the remaining water in the first flow channel to a storage container;
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• a second inertial flow device to periodically treat water stored in the storage container, the second inertial flow device having a second flow channel including;
• a second inlet configured to receive water from the storage container;
• a second mid-section fluidly coupled to the second inlet, the second mid-section configured to laterally focus particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter suspended in the water;
• a second separation area along the flow channel, the second separation area configured to separate the laterally focused particles from at least a portion of the water;
• a second discharge area downstream from the second separation area, the second discharge area configured to discharge the separated particles from the second flow channel;
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• a second outlet downstream from the second discharge area, wherein the second outlet is configured to transport the remaining water in the first flow channel to the storage container.

A system comprising:

• a large particle filtration module configured to filter water received from one or more sources;
• a storage container;
• an inertial flow device to include a flow channel, the flow channel comprising:
• an inlet configured to receive water that has been filtered through the large particle filtration module;
• a mid-section, fluidly coupled to the inlet, the mid-section configured to laterally focus particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter suspended in the water;
• a separation area, the separation area configured to separate the laterally focused particles from at least a portion of the water;
• a discharge area downstream from the separation area, the discharge area configured to discharge the separated particles from the flow channel;
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• an outlet downstream from the discharge area, wherein the outlet is configured to move the remaining water in the flow channel to the storage container, container;
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• a treatment inertial flow device fluidly coupled to the storage container, the treatment inertial flow device configured to periodically treat water stored in the storage container, treatment to include separating other particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter from the stored water.

A computer program product comprising a signal-bearing medium having instructions for treating water that has been stored in a storage container via use of an inertial flow device fluidly coupled to the storage container, which, when executed by logic, cause the logic to:

• determine whether a period of time has been exceeded;
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• activate a pump configured to move the water from the storage container to the inertial flow device based, at least in part, on whether the time period has been exceeded, wherein the water is treated by the inertial flow device, the inertial flow device to include a flow channel having:
• an inlet to receive the water;
• a mid-section fluidly coupled to the inlet, the mid-section configured to laterally focus particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter suspended in the water;
• a separation area, the separation area configured to separate the laterally focused particles from at least a portion of the water;
• a discharge area downstream from the separation area, the discharge area configured to discharge the separated particles from the flow channel;
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• an outlet downstream from the discharge area, wherein the outlet is configured to move the remaining water in the flow channel back to the storage container;
• store the remaining water in the flow channel in the storage container;
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• treat the stored water periodically via a second inertial flow device fluidly coupled to the storage container, wherein to treat the stored water includes separating additional particles associated with bacteria and/or organic matter suspended in the stored water.