Patent ID: 8440074

Claim:
A system for treatment of wastewater comprising: a radiation treatment zone including a source of radiation; an inlet for receiving primary solids, a solids outlet for discharging irradiated primary solids, and a wastewater outlet; a mixing zone including a wastewater inlet in communication with the wastewater outlet of the radiation treatment zone, an adsorbent material inlet and a discharge outlet; an adsorbent material settling and liquid separation zone including a slurry inlet in communication with the discharge outlet of the mixing zone, a treated water outlet, and a contaminated adsorbent material outlet; an adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor system including a biological regeneration reactor including a contaminated adsorbent material inlet in communication with the contaminated adsorbent material outlet of the adsorbent material settling and liquid separation zone, a biologically treated water outlet, and a regenerated adsorbent material outlet in communication with the adsorbent material inlet of the mixing zone.