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US 8,616,156 B2Granted
Water treatment system for egg processing facility
OwnerRobert L. Krouseinventor
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Abstract
A system for treating water for subsequent consumption by animals. Illustratively, the system includes a wastewater treatment facility configured to treat wastewater effluent from an egg washer for subsequent consumption by egg producing birds. Further illustratively, stormwater run off collected from the facility is treated for subsequent consumption by the birds.
Claims19
An egg production and processing facility comprising:
- at lease one house for housing a plurality of egg producing birds;
- an egg washer configured to wash eggs produced by the plurality of birds and thereby producing a wastewater effluent;
- a wastewater treatment facility in fluid communication with the egg washer and configured to receive the wastewater effluent form the egg washer;
- the wastewater treatment facility configured to treat the wastewater effluent by removing contaminants;
- a bird water device in fluid communication with the wastewater treatment facility and configured to supply the treated effluent from the wastewater treatment facility to the plurality of birds;
- a raw water source;
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- a water treatment facility in fluid communication with the raw water source and the egg washer, wherein the water treatment facility is configured to treat the raw water and provide treated water to the egg washer.
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An egg production and processing facility comprising:
- a raw water source;
- at least one house for housing a plurality of egg producing birds;
- an egg washer configured to wash eggs produced by the plurality of birds and thereby producing a wastewater effluent;
- a water treatment facility fluidly coupled intermediate the raw water source and the egg washer, the water treatment facility being configured to treat the raw water and provide treated water to the egg washer;
- a wastewater treatment facility in fluid communication with the egg washer and configured to receive the wastewater effluent from the egg washer, the wastewater treatment facility being configured to treat the wastewater effluent by removing contaminants;
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- a bird water device in fluid communication with the wastewater treatment facility and configured to supply the treated effluent from the wastewater treatment facility to the plurality of birds.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.