Patent ID: 7905192

Claim:
An integrated cleaning and treatment system comprising: a waterborne cleaning vehicle for removing fouling from an underwater surface of a docked watercraft and for drawing water entrained material away from a cleaning region, the waterborne cleaning vehicle comprising: a cleaning deck for removing the fouling from the underwater surface, the cleaning deck having a deck mouth; and at least one pump operatively connected to the cleaning deck, generating suction and creating through the deck mouth, a particulate flow of water entrained fouling material removed by the cleaning deck and to pump the water entrained fouling material to the land treatment unit; a land treatment unit for treating liquid waste received from the cleaning vehicle and converting the liquid waste into dewatered solids and treated effluents, wherein the liquid waste is either a treated or untreated particulate flow of entrained material removed by the cleaning deck, the land treatment unit comprising: a gravity settling unit; a chemical treatment unit; and a sludge thickening unit; and a land intake hose having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the cleaning vehicle and the second end attached to the land treatment unit, the land intake hose transporting the liquid waste from the cleaning vehicle to the land treatment unit.