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Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Environmental Dynamics International, Inc., Columbia, MO (US);

Inventor:

Charles E. Tharp, Columbia, MO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/02 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/00 (2006.01); C02F 3/12 (2006.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 3/12 (2013.01); C02F 2103/001 (2013.01); C02F 2203/006 (2013.01); C02F 2209/02 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2301/043 (2013.01); Y02W 10/15 (2015.05);
Abstract

A system and method for treating wastewater in a reactor of the system at or below a predetermined flow rate and at or above a predetermined temperature is provided. Incoming wastewater in excess of the predetermined flow rate is directed to an equalization basin for storage. Wastewater stored in the equalization basin is directed to the reactor when (a) the temperature of such stored wastewater is equal to or greater than the predetermined temperature and (b) wastewater is received by the system at a rate less than the predetermined flow rate. The method also involves the step of repurposing a lagoon basin of an existing lagoon system to function as the equalization basin. The system may further include an integrated control system for directing wastewater stored in the equalization basin to the reactor when predetermined conditions are met.


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