Appeal No. 1996-1914
Application No. 08/159,739
involved application.
The claims relate to a system and process for treating
wastewater. The claimed invention essentially involves a
solids separation operation followed by the sequential
treatment of separated liquid in a sequencing batch bioreactor
and a reed bed (otherwise known as a "constructed wetland":
specification,
p. 21). Solids from the separation operation, the bioreactor
and the reed bed are then transported to a composting station.
Claim 1, the broadest of three independent claims, is
illustrative:
1. A system for treating high strength wastewater, said
system comprising:
first means for receiving raw wastewater containing
solids and liquid and for allowing said solids to settle and
substantially separate from said liquid;
second means for treating a liquid influent from said
receiving means so as to remove organic pollutants and
nitrogenous compounds present in the influent and form a
pretreated septage liquid; and
third means for receiving said pretreated septage liquid
and for treating said pretreated septage liquid with aerobic
and facultative bacterias to form an effluent suitable for
discharge to the groundwater;
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