Abstract: A multi-layer media bed filter with an increasing density of media from the finest media on the top to the coarsest media on the bottom is backwashed using air without significantly disrupting stratification of the media layers. When the air is stopped, the contaminants in the liquid above the finest media that were removed by the airflow are flushed away either with liquid injected above the media or by a liquid flow through the media that does not remove the finest media. The amount of contaminants that remain in the finest media with the stratification-maintaining air backwash is significantly less than when using liquid backwash alone, whether the liquid backwash uses a flow rate sufficient to suspend the micromedia or below a suspending flow rate.

Abstract: A multi-layer media bed filter with an increasing density of media from the finest media on the top to the coarsest media on the bottom is backwashed using air without significantly disrupting stratification of the media layers. When the air is stopped, the contaminants in the liquid above the finest media that were removed by the airflow are flushed away either with liquid injected above the media or by a liquid flow through the media that does not remove the finest media. The amount of contaminants that remain in the finest media with the stratification-maintaining air backwash is significantly less than when using liquid backwash alone, whether the liquid backwash uses a flow rate sufficient to suspend the micromedia or below a suspending flow rate.

Abstract: The present document describes a media bed filter for filtering fine particles from a raw liquid flow, the media bed filter comprising: a tank having: a top portion; a bottom portion defining a bottom surface for receiving a media bed, the media bed having a supporting media to be disposed on the bottom surface and a filtering media for covering the supporting media, the top portion of the tank being above the filtering media of the media bed; a raw liquid inlet in fluid communication with a nozzle configuration located in the top portion of the tank for providing the raw liquid flow in the tank in the form of a plurality of jets at a directional velocity substantially equal or greater to a disengagement velocity of the filtering media.

Abstract: The present document describes a media bed filter for filtering fine particles from a raw liquid flow, the media bed filter comprising: a tank having: a top portion; a bottom portion defining a bottom surface for receiving a media bed, the media bed having a supporting media to be disposed on the bottom surface and a filtering media for covering the supporting media, the top portion of the tank being above the filtering media of the media bed; a raw liquid inlet in fluid communication with a nozzle configuration located in the top portion of the tank for providing the raw liquid flow in the tank in the form of a plurality of jets at a directional velocity substantially equal or greater to a disengagement velocity of the filtering media.

Abstract: It has been discovered that providing a reactor for disinfecting liquids having therein an antimicrobial-coated medium in an active and dynamic suspension allows for the passage of certain particles while preventing the passage of viable microorganisms. There is provided a reactor for disinfecting a liquid comprising a raw liquid inlet for allowing a raw liquid to enter the reactor, a disinfected liquid outlet for releasing a disinfected liquid from the reactor, and a suspension device for creating a highly dynamic suspension of the antimicrobial medium in a cross-section of the reactor through which the raw liquid passes to insure a substantially uniform, high average number of interactions between the antimicrobial medium and microorganisms present in the liquid passing through the reactor, thereby decreasing a quantity of viable microorganisms in the liquid as it passes from the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: The present document describes a media bed filter for filtering fine particles from a raw liquid flow, the media bed filter comprising: a tank having: a top portion; a bottom portion defining a bottom surface for receiving a media bed, the media bed having a supporting media to be disposed on the bottom surface and a filtering media for covering the supporting media, the top portion of the tank being above the filtering media of the media bed; a raw liquid inlet in fluid communication with a nozzle configuration located in the top portion of the tank for providing the raw liquid flow in the tank in the form of a plurality of jets at a directional velocity substantially equal or greater to a disengagement velocity of the filtering media.

Abstract: The present document describes a media bed filter for filtering fine particles from a raw liquid flow, the media bed filter comprising: a tank having: a top portion; a bottom portion defining a bottom surface for receiving a media bed, the media bed having a supporting media to be disposed on the bottom surface and a filtering media for covering the supporting media, the top portion of the tank being above the filtering media of the media bed; a raw liquid inlet in fluid communication with a nozzle configuration located in the top portion of the tank for providing the raw liquid flow in the tank in the form of a plurality of jets at a directional velocity substantially equal or greater to a disengagement velocity of the filtering media.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for treating water by flotation, said installation comprising flotation equipment consisting of a flotation cell (10) into which flocculated raw water mixed with micro-bubbles produced by a pressurization-depressurization system (11) is guided, said cell being provided with a perforated collection device (13) designed in such a way that the surface of the flotation cell is crossed by an identical and uniform flow of water to be treated. The inventive installation comprises capture modules (14) which are arranged in the flotation cell in such a way that the lower part thereof is located at a distance (h) from the perforated collection device (13), said distance being determined such that any disturbance of the uniform distribution established by the perforated collection device is avoided.

Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for treating water by flotation, said installation comprising flotation equipment consisting of a flotation cell (10) into which flocculated raw water mixed with micro-bubbles produced by a pressurization-depressurization system (11) is guided, said cell being provided with a perforated collection device (13) designed in such a way that the surface of the flotation cell is crossed by an identical and uniform flow of water to be treated. The inventive installation is characterised in that it comprises capture modules (14) which are arranged in the flotation cell in such a way that the lower part thereof is located at a distance (h) from the perforated collection device (13), said distance being determined such that any disturbance of the uniform distribution established by the perforated collection device is avoided.