Triple-chambered wetland biofilter treatment system
AssigneeModular Wetland Systems, Inc.
InventorsGreg B. Kent, Zach J. Kent
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Abstract
A dual-chambered horizontal flow water treatment system and method provides a first chamber with a first filtration system connected with a second chamber with a second filtration system in a horizontal orientation, such that influent water first passes through the first chamber and then passes through the second chamber. The influent water moves through the first chamber and second chamber in a horizontal flow path to provide for pre-filtering with the first filtration system before traveling through granular media in the second filtration system.
Claims21
A triple-chamber wetland biofilter comprising:
- a first chamber with a first filtration system which receives an influent;
- a second chamber with a second filtration system, wherein the second chamber is in communication with the first chamber to receive a filtered influent from the first chamber and further filter the influent to produce an effluent, and wherein the first chamber and second chamber are arranged laterally;
- a third chamber located under the bottom surface of the first chamber, wherein the third chamber is in communication with the second chamber and configured to receive an effluent from the second chamber;
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- wherein the third chamber has an access hatch.
A method of filtering influent in a triple-chamber wetland biofilter, comprising:
- receiving an influent into a first chamber with a first filtration system;
- filtering the influent through the first filtration system;
- discharging the filtered influent to a second chamber with a second filtration system which is arranged laterally with the first chamber;
- filtering the filtered influent through the second filtration system to produce an effluent;
- collecting the effluent in a third chamber located under the bottom surface of the first chamber;
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- discharging the effluent from the triple-chambered wetland biofilter to the third chamber and then outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.