Patent ID: 8557111

Claim:
A wastewater treatment system comprising: a high flux adsorption system including an inlet for receiving wastewater, a source of adsorbent material for contacting the wastewater and adsorbing contaminants from the wastewater, a liquid outlet for discharging a major portion of the received wastewater that has been contacted by the adsorbent material, and an adsorbent material outlet for discharging adsorbent material having adsorbed contaminants and a minor portion of the received wastewater; and a low flux adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor system for maintaining the adsorbent material having adsorbed contaminants in suspension for a period of time that is sufficient to allow microorganisms to digest adsorbed organic contaminants, the low flux adsorbent material biological regeneration reactor system including a biological regeneration reactor having an inlet for receiving adsorbent material with adsorbed contaminants from the adsorbent material outlet of the high flux adsorption system, a mixed liquor outlet, and an adsorbent material outlet in communication with the source of adsorbent material of the high flux adsorption system.