Abstract: An apparatus and method for recovering wastewater from laundry operations. A substantially closed loop series of tanks, conduits and pumps hold and transfer water output from a wash machine through a series of filters, including a lint pulloff filter, a multimedia pressure filter, a clay filter, and a carbon filter. The water is ozonated to coagulate suspended solids and to disinfect and is subjected to ultraviolet light to disinfect and to reduce residual ozone.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 25, 2005
Assignee:
EMI, LLC
Inventors:
Harold Randoph Anderson, Jeffrey Stuart Lebedin