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US 2014/0151306 A1Published application
Water Treatment Apparatus and Method of Use
AssigneeNewterrs Ltd.
InventorsJason Downey, Jeff Kempson
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InventorsJason Downey, Jeff Kempson
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Apparatus for treating water has a generally rectangular container for containing the water, the container having a clarification zone and a settling zone. An entry conduit extends along the container and receives water from a water inlet. Water outlet ports are distributed along the length of the conduit for directing water from the conduit into the settling zone. A water exit trough spaced across the container from the entry conduit and extending along the container receives clarified water flowing from the settling zone through the clarification zone. The top of the settling zone is open to allow access down through the settling zone to a sludge collection zone in the bottom of the container.
Apparatus for treating water comprising a generally rectangular container for containing water, a water inlet arrangement for introducing water into a water settling zone extending along the container at positions distributed along the settling zone, a clarification zone adjacent the settling zone and extending along the container for receiving water from the settling zone, for clarifying the received water, and for transmitting the water as it is being clarified across the clarification zone to an outlet arrangement, and a sludge collection zone under the settling and clarification zones to receive sediment therefrom, the settling zone open at the top to allow access along the length of the container down through the settling zone to sludge in the sludge collection zone.
Apparatus as claimed in claim 11, the series of outlet ports being of generally equal aperture size but having a progressively varying spacing along the entry conduit.
Apparatus for clarifying water as claimed in claim 16, the clarification components being tubes.
A method of treating water in a generally rectangular container, comprising introducing water into a water settling zone extending along the container at positions distributed along the settling zone, the settling zone open at the top of the container to allow access along the length of the container down to the settling zone, flowing water from the settling zone across a clarification zone that is adjacent the settling zone and extends along the container, clarifying water while it is in the clarification zone, flowing clarified water from the clarification zone to a water outlet arrangement, collecting sludge settling from the settling and clarification zones at a sludge collection zone located under the settling and clarification zones, and accessing the collected sludge through the settling zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.