Patent ID: 7604710

Claim:
A modular floating water evaporation system for use in evaporating wastewater from oil and gas drilling operations, located in a pond, the pond having a periphery, the system comprising: a land based pump for pumping the wastewater from the pond into a filtration system via a discharge hose; a filtration system located downstream of the pump for removing debris from the wastewater before feeding the wastewater into at least one receiving hose; two or more pontoons connected to each other by cross braces; a water reservoir to receive the water from the at least one receiving hose, the water reservoir being mounted on the cross braces between the two or more pontoons above the pond surface, the water reservoir having a top side; two or more risers to receive the wastewater from the water reservoir, the risers extending above the surface of the pond and arranged equidistant along the top side of the water reservoir and detachably connected to and extending upward from the water reservoir; and at least one nozzle located on each riser for converting the wastewater into an evaporable spray.