A vessel for control of aquatic plant species (100) in seas, rivers and lakes that is configured to extract from the surface of the water and hoist to a deck of the vessel (100) a plurality of plant remains of a given aquatic ecosystem by means of an elevator belt (101); and/or receive from a coastal installation a plurality of aquatic plant remains mixed with grey water from coastal human settlements; and that is characterized in that the remains of aquatic plant species extracted from the surface of the water and/or received from coastal human settlements are deposited in a cooking chamber (102) where they are subjected to controlled temperature conditions configured to modify, ferment and rot said remains preventing their reproduction.

The disclosure relates to a device (21) for producing a fertilizer and/or feed, comprising a chamber (26) having a first opening (27) for letting in an emulsion (14′) of wastewater (8, 9) and grease (14), and a second opening (28) for adding organic waste (16), a circulating element (29) arranged in the chamber (26) for circulating a mixture (14′, 16) of the added emulsion (14′) and the added organic waste (16), and a heating element (30) for drying the mixture (14′, 16) by evaporating water (31) from the mixture (14′, 16).

The invention relates to preventing microplastics from the entering the environment. In particular the invention is directed to filtering microfibers from the waste water from washing machines as well as waste from other appliances and other sources of effluent with entrained microplastics or other microp-ollutants. A separator is provided for separating microplastics from effluent comprising; a chamber including at least one sieve structure, a shroud that acts as a vortex finder and a baffle coaxial with the shroud and projecting upwards from the lower end of the chamber, wherein the shroud has a circular lower rim and the baffle has a circular upper rim, wherein the radius of the lower rim of the shroud is greater than the radius of the upper rim of the baffle.

A disinfection apparatus and method is provided for disinfecting a fluid. The apparatus elements define three internal container volumes. Fluid is introduced into an entry volume where its flow is conditioned to reduce splash and slow the fluid flow. The fluid is then channeled into a disinfection volume where a disinfection unit delivers a disinfection agent to the fluid. Finally, the fluid exits the apparatus through an exit volume. In one aspect, a sink-trap is disclosed in which wastewater liquid contacts a pair of diverters. The diverters have conditioned contact surfaces that slows and spreads the liquid flow and reduces liquid splash. The wastewater then passes through a UV chamber in which it is disinfected. The liquid then exits the sink-trap. Advanced self-cleaning apparatus are additionally disclosed to clean and disinfect the sink-trap and trapped wastewater. The entire apparatus operates under computer control.

Laundry treatment appliances for use in a typical household include a tub that has an opening to provide access to the interior and at least partially defines a treating chamber into which fabric items such as clothes, towels, or linens can be placed to undergo a washing operation. A system can be provided for recirculating wash liquid through the tub to reduce water consumption. At least one tank or reservoir and a coagulant dosing system can be included for the chemical treatment of wash water as part of the wash liquid recirculation system. The tank can also serve to separate coagulated solids from the wash water.

A solids interceptor and methods of using the same. The solids interceptor includes a tank including an open end, a wastewater inlet, and one or more wastewater outlets. A basket assembly is removably attachable to the tank via the open end between an operable position and a removed position. The basket assembly may seal the open end when in the operable position and expose the open end of the tank to a surrounding environment when in the removed position. A first and second outlet may extend away from an interior of the tank in a first and direction, respectively, with the second direction being oriented at an angle with respect to the first direction. The basket assembly may include a seal that is compressed about a circumferentially extending corner provided on the tank to thereby seal the open end of the tank and the plumbing system.

A photovoltaic evaporation and distillation system for the recycling of wastewater to potable water is disclosed herein. The system is comprised of six components that work in conjunction to produce both a source of reusable water for indoor appliances that produce greywater (or irrigation use), and potable water.

A method for differentially lysing a liquid sample or target material using an augmented oxidizing agent (AOA), which includes a quantity of electronically modified oxygen derivatives (EMODs). The method reduces or eliminates total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), Biologic Oxygen Demand (BOD), microbial concentration, biofilms and other content in the liquid target material known or suspected to contain animal fluids, blood and blood cells and suspected or known to contain eukaryotic cells, microbial cells, bacteria, viruses, spores, fungi, prions, organic matter, minerals, proteins or associated structures. The BOD, TDS and TSS can be lowered or eliminated as desired. This action is directly proportional to the quantity of EMODs in the AOS applied to the liquid target material.

An electrocoagulation (EC) unit that performs an electrocoagulation process on wastewater or the like. In one embodiment, the EC unit includes a reaction tank formed from a non-conductive material, charge plates within the reaction tank that are spaced at a distance, intermediate plates disposed within the reaction tank between the charge plates, and plate conductors configured to electrically couple the charge plates to a power source. The bottom of the reaction tank tapers toward one or more ports which act as an ingress and egress point for the EC unit.

A greywater treatment system includes a first modular greywater processing apparatus having a raw greywater inlet, a mechanical (MTF) filter connected to the raw greywater inlet, a first ultrafine (UF) filter connected in series downstream of the mechanical filter. The UF filter includes a UF filter inlet, a filtrate outlet, and a cross-flow outlet. The filtrate outlet is connected to a processed water outlet. A modular base supports the mechanical filter and the UF filter.