Patent ID: 7927488

Claim:
A system for removing impurities from water, the system comprising: a water inlet; an oxidation tank having a headspace of air contained therein, said oxidation tank in fluid communication with said water inlet through a first pathway; a venturi in fluid communication with said water inlet and said oxidation tank through a second pathway fluidly parallel to said first pathway, wherein water received from said water inlet may enter said oxidation tank through both of said first pathway and said second pathway, said venturi having an air inlet in constant fluid communication with the ambient environment, wherein air drawn through said air inlet of said venturi is delivered to said oxidation tank to create said headspace of air; a filter tank in fluid communication with said oxidation tank, said filter tank having filter media contained therein, wherein water travels through said headspace of air in said oxidation tank to oxidize the impurities in the water and then passes through said filter media in said filter tank to remove the impurities from the water; and a water outlet in fluid communication with said filter tank.