Patent ID: 8075783
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B03D,C02F,C05F,Y02A,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for remediating a body of water and collecting suspended and dissolved solids therefrom, the system comprising: a water-impervious, flexible sheeting positionable to line a depression adjacent a body of water desired to be treated, the sheeting conformable with a surface of the depression, the sheeting and depression defining at least a portion of a treatment vessel, the vessel comprising a treatment portion having an inlet for receiving water to be treated, an outlet portion for containing treated water, and an outflow weir between the treatment portion and the outlet portion, the outflow weir extending to a top end higher than a water surface, and extending across the vessel to side edges sealed against the opposed sides of the vessel; means for transporting water to be treated from the water body to the treatment portion inlet; means for delivering a stream of bubbles into the transported water upstream of an outlet end of the transporting means; means for mixing the bubbles with the transported water, the bubbles for capturing suspended and dissolved solids in the transported water, effecting a separation between the captured solids and water cleansed therefrom, and carrying the captured solids to the water surface; and means for removing the captured solids from the treatment portion, the cleansed water movable through a channel in the outflow weir into the outlet portion.