Wastewater treatment systems and methods involving a biologically active conduit

A wastewater treatment system comprising:

• a biologically active conduit defining a single, confined serpentine flow path twisting from a top portion, through a middle portion, to a bottom portion, such that at or near said bottom portion, said single, confined serpentine flow path is populated with anaerobic dominant biologically active media to effectively create an anaerobic treatment zone, at or near said middle portion, said single, confined serpentine flow path is populated with anoxic dominant biologically active media to effectively create an anoxic treatment zone, and at or near said top portion, said single, confined serpentine flow path is populated with aerobic dominant biologically active media to effectively create an aerobic treatment zone, wherein said bottom portion has defined therein a bottom opening configured to receive influent wastewater, and following batch treatment simultaneously within said aerobic, said anoxic, and said anaerobic treatment zones of said single, confined serpentine flow path, dispense treated wastewater;
• an aerobic/anoxic treatment zone separator disposed inside said biologically active conduit to serve as a physical boundary between said aerobic treatment zone and said anoxic treatment zone;
• an anoxic/anaerobic treatment zone separator disposed inside said biologically active conduit to serve as a physical boundary between said anoxic treatment zone and said anaerobic treatment zone;
• aerobic biological chips containing aerobic dominant biologically active media and disposed inside said aerobic treatment zone;
• anoxic biological chips containing anoxic dominant biologically active media and disposed inside said anoxic treatment zone;
• anaerobic biological chips containing anaerobic dominant biologically active media and disposed inside said anaerobic treatment zone, and
• wherein said aerobic/anoxic treatment zone separator prevents displacement of said aerobic biological chips from said aerobic treatment zone into said anoxic treatment zone and said anoxic/anaerobic treatment zone separator prevents displacement of said anoxic biological chips from said anoxic treatment zone into said anaerobic treatment zone.