Patent ID: 8142664

Claim:
A method of treating contaminated fluid, the method comprising: providing an apparatus having an outer element, having a fibrous matrix, into which contaminated fluid flows, and within which, contaminants can be trapped and removed from the fluid flow, an inner element positioned in substantial axial alignment within the outer element, a plurality of waste adsorbent particles, each having nanometer sized pores, the particles being disposed between the outer element and the inner element and designed to remove contaminants within the fluid flow, and a substantially hollow pathway, defined by an interior surface of the inner element, along which treated fluid exiting the inner element into the pathway can be directed out from the apparatus; immersing the apparatus within a flow of contaminated fluid; directing the contaminated fluid to flow across the outer element, so as to remove solid contaminants; permitting the fluid to flow from the outer element across the waste adsorbent particles, so as to remove additional contaminants from the fluid flow; allowing the fluid treated from the adsorbent material to move across the inner element and into the pathway; and guiding the treated fluid along the substantially hollow pathway and out of the apparatus for collection.