Abstract: A wastewater disposal system in which wastewater is transported to an elevated site on a hill, distributed along a predetermined width of the hillside and allowed to flow down the hillside under the influence of gravity. The rate of distribution of wastewater is controlled so that it does not completely penetrate the hill and does not accumulate to any significant degree at the hill bottom. Beneficial uses of the wastewater are disclosed, as is treatment of the wastewater, both biological and phyto treatment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating sanitary wastewater using membrane filtration are disclosed. Designed principally for complete on-site sewage treatment and disposal, the system separates wastewater into liquid and concentrated solid components by membrane separation; then dries, disinfects, and deodorizes the solid component by a variety of methods to render it reusable or more easily stored and disposed. The liquid component is discharged or reused as is, or is further treated to render it disposable or reusable for particular applications. Alternatives for treating the solids component include mixing with alkaline admixtures and composting with other cellulose-based wastes. Alternatives for treating the liquid component include deodorization and biological stabilization by ultraviolet radiation and ozonation. Preferred and particularly advantageous embodiments of a membrane filtration system, a liquid treatment subsystem, a solids treatment subsystem, and a flushing subsystem are described.

Abstract: The active life of an oxychlorination copper-containing catalyst is extended by the removal of sulfur-containing compounds from the gases fed to the catalyst reaction zone. A copper-containing oxychlorination catalyst which has been deactivated by the deposition of sulfur compounds thereon is reactivated in situ by operating the catalyst bed in an oxygen-free atmosphere for a sufficient period of time. The reactivation of the catalyst is completed when the conversions of hydrocarbon and chlorinating agent to chlorinated products indicate a high level of catalyst activity, as determined by an analysis of the gaseous effluent leaving the catalyst bed.

Abstract: Catalyst compositions comprising mixtures of salts of copper, potassium, didymium, lanthanum and magnesium are useful in the fluidized bed oxychlorination of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The catalyst composition loading is disposed on a suitable support media, preferably an alumina and does not cake or cause defluidization of the bed under start-up, operating, or shut-down conditions.