Patent ID: 7147771
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: C02F,Y02A,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An effluent treatment system, said system comprising: (a) a treatment tank having a hollow interior for holding a quantity of effluent, an inlet port leading into said hollow interior, and an outlet port leading out of said hollow interior; (b) filter means for filtering effluent from said treatment tank; (c) a valve for directing effluent from said filter means to either a discharge or through said inlet port of said treatment tank back into said interior of said treatment tank; (d) pump means for pumping effluent under pressure from said hollow interior of said treatment tank, through said outlet port of said treatment tank, through said filter means, through said valve, back through said inlet port of said treatment tank back into said interior of said treatment tank, and then to discharge; and (e) hydro-electrical generating means for generating electricity from the effluent being pumped under pressure through said inlet port of said treatment tank back into said interior of said treatment tank many times.