Abstract: A filter for removing particulate matter from water flowing into an inlet, such as a catch basin is disclosed. The filter may comprise an envelope of filter material adapted to receive an inlet cover device, such as a catch basin grate. The inlet device may be inserted within the envelope and placed in an opening of the inlet. Water, for example, may then be double filtered before entering the inlet. A roll filter comprising porous material is also disclosed that may be used in combination or alone when filtering runoff entering a curb drain or other inlet.

Abstract: An aquarium filter for removing chemical and physical waste from an aquarium. The filter includes a fluidized bed of particles, such as sand, for removing ammonia from the water. The filter can also include a physical trap for solid material and activated charcoal for removing organic material from the aquarium water. The filter can be constructed in an aesthetically desirable manner and can be convenient to maintain.

Abstract: Sewage sludge is mixed with organic material such as woodchips in a three screw mixer so that moving masses are created in the mixing compartment, there being a shearing action at the interfaces between the masses. The mixer includes the mixing compartment and a holding compartment into which dewatered sludge is continuously charged. There is a gate between the compartments which is opened when it is desired to convey sludge from the holding compartment to the mixing compartment. The shearing action results in the organic material being coated with a thin layer of sludge without the formation of dewatered sludge lumps which would rot instead of composting.

Abstract: The filter device (10), provided for the filtration of fluids, comprises two interconnected material structures (14,16) forming a filter unit (12). The two material structures (14,16) are mechanically stable, at least one of the two material structures (14,16) being elastically deformable. The two material structures (14,16) are connected to each other at opposite connecting sites, with one (16) of the material structures forming an arch between the connecting sites. This arch has been generated by elastic deformation of the respective material structure (16) so that this material structure (16) is mechanically biased. A stretching movement of this material structure (16) is prevented by the connection of this material structure (16) to the other material structure (14) which in turn is of substantially plane configuration and is tensioned.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing plant nutritive pellets from raw sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants. The raw sludge has a water content normally in the region of 70-80%. Powder is used to stabilize the pellets and prevent their sticking together. The powder is added in connection with the sludge being formed into at least one pellet string or immediately after formation when the string has been cut into pellets. An air stream in which the powder has become entrained is used to douse the pellet string or the cut-off pellets, whereafter drying is readily peformed to provide a moisture content of about 10-15%, adequate for storage. The device according to the invention comprises an extruder for forming at least one pellet string, which by cutting-off means is cut into separate pellets, at least one blowing nozzle for lime powder intended to be doused over the pellets, a rotatable tumbler and a drying kiln, in which the pellets are dried to a moisture content adequate for storage.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating waste streams utilize controlled introduction of microscopic gaseous bubbles to create, in a single vessel, as many as three separate biological environments in discrete, stratified zones. In preferred embodiments, bubbles of air are introduced at the bottom of the vessel, creating an aerobic zone in this vicinity. Depletion of oxygen by microorganisms resident in this layer creates an anoxic zone that drifts upward, establishing itself above the aerobic layer. The two layers remain segregated due to the intolerance of aerobic microorganisms for the overlying anoxic environment, the sharpness of the interface depending on the degree of intolerance.

Abstract: Waste water is reclaimed for reuse by combined use of settling tanks, ozonation and filtration. The settling tanks remove substantial solid matter from the waste water. The waste water from the last settling tank is treated with ozone to remove contaminants and purify the water. This ozonated water is then returned to the last settling tank to mix with the waste water. This ozonated water in the last tank is then subjected to a plurality of filtering actions before being stored in a clean water holding tank. Partially treated water or discharge from filters is returned to a different holding tank to mix with waste water and dilute the waste water.

Abstract: An activated sludge treatment process and apparatus are provided for denitrification of a trickling filter plant effluent in which the nitrate nitrogen to BOD5 ratio can be maintained at less than or equal to 0.18 without the use of a nitrate monitor to control supplemental dosing with carbonaceous organic compounds or their salts. The apparatus is equipped with a turbidity meter, a phosphate monitor, and with a substrate storage tank for the addition of carbonaceous organic substrate. The substrate is added immediately at the end of the oxic phase and is continued until phosphate release is detected. Accordingly, the phosphate monitor functions as an indicator of nitrate respiration in the anoxic phase.

Abstract: There are provided an ozone water treatment method by comprising the steps of injecting an ozone-containing gas into pure water to prepare ozone water, supplying the ozone water to use point(s) for treatment of materials to be treated, and circulating for reuse or discharging the ozone water after use, which comprises disposing a deozonizing apparatus, the inside of which is divided into an ozone water passing zone and a reduced pressure zone by a diaphragm, at the downstream side of the use point(s), supplying the ozone water after use to the ozone water passing zone of the deozonizing apparatus, and removing residual ozone and residual oxygen in the ozone water after use by contacting the water with the reduced pressure zone through the diaphragm and an apparatus utilized in the ozone treatment method.

Abstract: A method for reducing turbidity in laundry waste water comprising the steps of treating said water with effective amounts of a first polymer comprised of dimethyl dialkyl ammonium chloride (DMDAAC) and dialkyl diallyl ammonium monomers (DADAAX) other than DMDAAC having alkyl groups with from 8 to 18 carbon atoms and counterions with an ionization constant greater than 10.sup.-8, and a second cationic, nonionic or anionic acrylamide polymer is disclosed.

Abstract: Sludge which is supplied from an untreated sludge tank 3 and diluting water from a diluting water supply facility 14 is charged into a continuous kneading mixer 12 for diluting the sludge to make the specific weight of the sludge 1.15 to 1.35. The diluted sludge is supplied to a dehydrating machine 25 in accordance with the capacity of the used dehydrating machine 25. The diluted sludge is firstly added with an inorganic flocculating agent G and is mixed in a first blender 24A and is then added with a high molecular flocculating agent G2 and is mixed in a second blender 24B. Thereafter, the sludge is supplied to a belt press dehydrating machine 25 in which it is subjected to a dehydrating treatment.

Abstract: A method of regulating aeration in biological treatment of wastewater by implementing a step of eliminating carbon in aerobiosis, a step of nitrification in aerobiosis, and a step of denitrification in an anoxia, in which method the oxidation-reduction potential is continuously measured in a treatment system, a curve is established of variation in oxidation-reduction potential as a function of time, and the derivative thereof is calculated, wherein, when the derivative tends towards zero, the derivative and the value of the oxidation-reduction potential are correlated to determine whether aeration should be started, continued, or stopped.

Abstract: A process for use in the final stages of purification of sewage water in which the effluent is placed under pressure by a pump and forced through a filter. Part of the effluent is sampled and chlorinated by a chlorine gas injector and then reintroduced into the lager body of effluent. The entire mixture is held within a detention chamber in order to allow the chlorine to dissipate, and then pumped out into a natural stream through a pipe in which air bubbles are injected in order to replenish the oxygen level.

Abstract: Oil and water continuously collected during an oil spill skimming operation s initially heated for flow through a separator wherein water is separated and discharged into the sea to reduce the water content of a heated oil and water solution fed to a combustion chamber under pressure for continuous in-situ burning interrelated by feedback control with the heating step to provide combustion products, including combustion gas that is cooled and cleansed by scrubbing before discharge to atmosphere, and a slurry of cooled non-gaseous combustion products that are evaporatively dried to form a reduced quantity of carbonaceous solid waste.

Abstract: A barrier of sheet metal elements in pile-driven into the ground in the path of contaminated groundwater. The barrier serves to funnel the contaminated water into an aperture in the barrier, in which is located a receptacle. A caisson is driven into the ground at the aperture, and the soil etc. removed from inside. A receptacle is lowered into the empty caisson, and a seal is provided whereby, when the caisson is removed the receptacle is sealed to the barrier. Baskets containing treatment material may be lowered into and hoisted out from the receptacle. Rubber seals seal the basket to the receptacle.

Abstract: An in-well system for simultaneously treating and extracting groundwater by injecting compressed gas through the groundwater in multiple successive stages as it is pumped out of a well. The process is usable for in-well aeration stripping of Volatile Organic Compounds from groundwater or for other applications in which it is desirable to pass compressed gas through groundwater to alter the physical, chemical, or radiological properties of the groundwater prior to its discharge from the well.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst used in wastewater treatment process wherein not only an organic compound not containing nitrogen, sulfur or halogen is decomposed, but also a nitrogen-containing compound, a sulfur-containing compound and an organic halogeno compound are effectively decomposed, thereby wastewater are treated with excellent efficiency for a long period of time. The invention also provides a production process for the catalyst and said wastewater treatment process. The first catalyst comprises: an oxide of iron as an A component; and at least one kind of element as a B component selected from a group consisting of cobalt, nickel, cerium, silver, gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium and iridium.

Abstract: Settler, notably for liquid treatment installations, consisting of a settling tank fed with liquid from a feed channel and a spillway, the settler including a system for distributing the liquid consisting of a plurality of gauged openings formed respectively in partitions of liquid inlet chambers fed from the spillway, in such a way that each opening receives a specified fraction of the throughput of the liquid, the openings being staggered in at least two horizontal rows.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition of matter of a silica sol/water soluble cationic polymer mixture. The colloidal silica may also be conditioned by passing over a cationic exchange resin prior to addition of cationic polymer.

Abstract: A novel method and apparatus is provided for treating and/or disinfecting water and/or wastewater wherein the contact chamber is sealed and under greater than atmospheric pressure having a detention time of no more than 5 minutes and further providing for generating a mixture containing chlorine dioxide having a product storage chamber connected to a first mixing chamber which is connected to a first storage chamber for storing chlorite, a second storage chamber for storing organic acid, and a third storage chamber for storing water, metering means are provided between all chambers, and means for filling are provided to these chambers. Unreacted constituents are removed from the disinfecting solution. Outlet means is provided from the product storage chamber to the pressurized contact chamber where the disinfecting solution is contacted with the water and/or wastewater.