Plant for treatment of urban runoff water
AssigneeAtlas Copco Aktiebolag
InventorsLars B. S. Fors, Bo L. Verner
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Abstract
A plant for treatment of urban run off water where a body of water (50) is separated from a water recipient (60) by means of a flexible curtain (13) extending between the bottom (80) and the surface (90) of the water recipient. The bottom end of the curtain is anchored (14) to the bottom while the surface end is provided with float means (11) being movable across the surface to change the volume of the body of water.
Claims4
In a plant for treatment of urban runoff water comprising a sewage treatment station (19) having an inlet (17) connected to a body of water (50) for receiving urban runoff water (16), said body of water being positioned in a water recipient (60) connected to an outlet (18) of said sewage treatment station, the improvement comprising:
- flexible curtain means (13) extending between the bottom (80) and the surface (90) of said water recipient for separating said body of water from said water recipient, means (14) for anchoring the bottom of said flexible curtain means at a predetermined position on the bottom of said water recipient, and means for adjusting the volume of said body of water including float means (11) mounted to said flexible curtain means at the surface of said water recipient, said float means being movable across the surface of said water recipient.
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