Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dewatering method that includes combining water, a dewatering flocculant, and nanobubbles to form a dewatering composition. The method includes combining the dewatering composition with a solids-containing liquid stream to form a dewaterable composition. The method includes dewatering the dewaterable composition to form a water stream and a dewatered product having a solids content that is greater than the solids content of the solids-containing liquid stream.

Abstract: A water mixing device includes: a cold-water module including a cold-water tank, a cooler cooling the water accommodated in the cold-water tank, and a cold-water temperature sensor; a hot-water module including a hot-water tank that accommodates water discharged from the cold-water tank, and a heater that heats the water accommodated in the hot-water tank; a flow channel connected to the cold-water tank and the hot-water tank; a valve unit including valve modules opened or closed to adjust a flow of water in the flow channel; and a controller configured to control the valve modules. The flow channel mixes water cooled by the cooler and water heated by the heater to provide discharge water. When the temperature of water detected by the cold-water temperature sensor is higher than a preset threshold temperature, the controller controls the valve modules to prevent water from flowing into the cold-water tank.

Abstract: The invention concerns a digester for performing a sludge methanization treatment for the purpose of generating biogas and a digestate, the digester comprising a device (32) for discharging foaming and/or floating matter (16) from the digestate (12), comprising: a first tank (33) delimited by a first wall (100) having a first height (h1), the first tank (33) being intended to be fed with digestate (12) and with foaming and/or floating matter (16) from a volume of material (14) by overflow over the first wall (100); a second tank (34) connected to the atmosphere and sited outside the enclosure (13) of the digester, comprising: a first zone (35) delimited by a second wall (103) having a second height (h2); and a second zone (36) in communication with the reservoir (19); a conduit (37) connecting the first tank (33) via a first orifice (101) to the first zone (35) of the second tank (34) via a second orifice (102) positioned higher than or level with the first orifice (101), the first zone (35) being intended to

Abstract: A method for improved anaerobic digestion is presented. The method includes mixing a volume of waste material with water to form a feedstock mixture. The volume of waste material includes an initial amount of biomass and the feedstock mixture includes methanogenic bacteria either naturally present in the waste material or introduced artificially. The method also includes introducing one or more promoter substances to the feedstock mixture. The one or more promoter substances are capable of modifying the methanogenic bacteria. Modifying includes stimulating novel enzyme production in the methanogenic bacteria.

Abstract: A porous biochar for improving heavy pollution and a method for producing the same. Said porous biochar is prepared as follows: arrowhead, which has excellent enrichment of lead, is used to absorb heavy metal lead in polluted water or artificial wetlands, simultaneously absorb heavy metal cadmium, thereafter is dried and treated as a biomass, and then the biomass is calcined in stages with a passivating agent in a high temperature environment, so as to heavy metals such as lead and cadmium be stably coated or enriched in a biochar, which is mixed with Pseudomonas aeruginosa having high resistant, to obtain the porous biochar; the porous biochar has high specific surface area, high porosity and excellent mechanical properties, is very stable under different acid-base environments and oxidizing conditions.

Abstract: A vacuum airlift system for treating an aqueous effluent includes an upflow liquid portion, where the upflow liquid portion is configured to retain a fluid, and a fluid inlet, the fluid inlet being fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, where the fluid inlet is positioned at about a bottom of the upflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a downflow liquid portion, where the downflow liquid portion is fluidly coupled with the upflow liquid portion, and a fluid outlet, the fluid outlet being fluidly coupled with the downflow liquid portion, where the fluid outlet is positioned at about a bottom of the downflow liquid portion. The vacuum airlift system can also include a plurality of aerators fed by one or more fluidic oscillators; the plurality of aerators being coupled to the upflow liquid column.

Abstract: Disclosed is an automatic pool cleaning apparatus including a housing and a filter. The housing has a water inlet and a water outlet thereon, and includes inside a first chamber and at least one second chamber separated from the first chamber. The water inlet, the first chamber and the first water outlet are communicated to form a water flow channel on which the filter is configured.

Abstract: An ultrapure water production system capable of producing ultrapure water from which fine particles have been highly removed and supplying the ultrapure water to a point of use is equipped with at least an ultrafiltration membrane device, and includes: a first organic porous ion exchanger provided at a position downstream of the ultrafiltration membrane device in an ultrapure water supply line for supplying the ultrapure water to the point of use; and a microfiltration membrane device provided, in the ultrapure water supply line, at a position downstream of the first organic porous ion exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a seawater desalination system and resourcezation system. The seawater desalination system comprises a raw water tank, a seawater pretreatment device, a seawater desalination device, a desalination water tank and a nanofiltration recovery device; The resourcezation system comprises the seawater desalination system, a salt separation nanofiltration device, a univalent concentrated brine tank and a bivalent concentrated brine tank; The present invention realizes seawater desalination and concentrated water resourcezation treatment for seawater, and at the same time, can reduce the operating pressure, reduce the cost and save energy consumption.

Abstract: A woven geometric textile material has a body portion having a plurality of weft strands woven with a plurality of warp strands comprising thermoplastic strands, the body portion comprising a body weave having a plurality of repeating weave patterns in a grid of patterns, each weave pattern including at least 44 body warp strands and at least 44 weft strands and the body portion having a solid fraction of less than 3 percent. A separator media comprising the textile material and a separator device employing the separator media are disclosed. A loom for making the textile material and method of making the textile material is disclosed.

Abstract: A total biological count associated with treated water produced by a wastewater treatment system may be monitored online in a decentralized non-potable water system. Preventative and/or corrective action can be taken in response to a deviation from a predetermined threshold level.

Abstract: Self-delivering digester 100s with self-delivery of accumulated solids are described. A primary waste vessel includes a feeding port for kitchen waste, and an upper output component that connects to a top of the primary waste vessel. The upper output component includes a gas output path from a top of the upper output component, and a floating solids output path that delivers floating solids that overflow from the top of the primary waste vessel to a secondary vessel thereby preventing clogging of the gas output path.

Abstract: A method comprises flowing a mixture comprising a water-based reaction medium and at least one microalgae into a reaction vessel, wherein the reaction medium comprises a nutrient material that is consumable by a live microalgae, bacterium, or protozoa present in the reaction medium, incubating the mixture under at least intermittent illumination with a specified luminous flux such that the microalgae forms a supporting matrix that incorporates the live microalgae, bacterium, or protozoa into biologically-active bioaggregate granules, selecting out a first specified portion of the biologically-active bioaggregate granules that are smaller than a first specified size or below a first specified weight or selecting out a second specified portion of the biologically-active bioaggregate granules that are larger than a second specified size or over a second specified weight and removing the first and/or the second specified portions of the biologically-active bioaggregate granules in an effluent stream.

Abstract: A system for environmental remediation of halogenated compounds such as chlorinated solvents is presented, the system comprising at least one bacterial strain capable of microbial chain elongation; at least one bacterial strain capable of reductive dehalogenation; and an alcohol. Also presented is a method remediating an environmental sample, the method comprising the steps of: providing a remediation composition; and treating an environmental sample comprising at least one chlorinated pollutant with the remediation composition; wherein the remediation composition comprises at least one bacterial strain capable of microbial chain elongation; at least one bacterial strain capable of reductive dehalogenation; and at least one bacterial strain capable of fermentation.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water surface automatic cleaning device, including a main body, a cavity is provided in the main body; and a garbage bin is disposed at the cavity, an inlet is disposed on a sidewall of the garbage bin, and an anti-leakage baffle is configurated to open or close at least a part of area of the inlet.

Abstract: Techniques and systems for neutralizing discharge waters from ballast and/or cooling water biocidal treatment and disinfection systems are provided. The systems utilize oxidation reduction potential control to regulate the dechlorination of a biocidal agent to allowable discharge levels in ship buoyancy systems and ship cooling water systems.

Abstract: A sealing closure assembly for closing a skimmer opening of a swimming pool has a skimmer faceplate with a sidewall and a flange protruding from the sidewall, and a cover removably connectable to the skimmer faceplate. The cover has a cover plate configured for engaging at least a portion of the sidewall of the skimmer faceplate; and at least a pair of closure members connected to opposing ends of the cover plate for locking the cover plate to the skimmer faceplate. Each of the closure members includes a body having a first end connected to the cover plate and a second end protruding relative to the first end, and a locking member having a first end connected to the second end of the body and a second end extending toward the first end of the body. The second end of the locking member is deflectable relative to the first end.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Prussian blue-based coagulant and a microplastic coagulation method using the same, which may effectively coagulate microplastics having a size of less than 20 ?m or nanoplastics and implement an environmentally harmless coagulation process, and the Prussian blue-based coagulant according to the present disclosure refers to Prussian blue being used as a coagulant for microplastics present in a water-system environment.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method to provide a consortium containing heterotrophic nitrifying and aerobic denitrifying microorganisms from an activated sludge originating from effluent treatment plants. The microbial consortium is capable of removing ammoniacal nitrogen from substrates with high salinity with superior efficiency. Thus, the microbial consortium from the described method can be applied to purify hypersaline effluents contaminated with nitrogen. Therefore, the use of the microorganism consortium provided to remove ammoniacal nitrogen from hypersaline effluents and a method therefor are also part of the scope of the invention.

Abstract: Provided is a micro-polluted water body ecological treatment method based on aquatic forest system construction. The method comprises the following steps: (1) investigating a pollution source of a micro-polluted water body; (2) estimating an annual pollution load of the micro-polluted water body which needs to be reduced; (3) designing aquatic animals and plants; and (4) constructing the aquatic animals and plants. By using a water body treated by means of the method in the present invention, an aquatic forest can be formed, and the synergistic effect, nutritional relationship, food chain relationship, etc., between organisms can be fully utilized for effective operation, such that not only can the combined benefits of water quality purification and water body resource utilization be achieved, but the organic unity of environmental protection, economic development, and the improvement of people's livelihood can also be realized.