US 6,982,032 B2
Apparatus and method for biological treatment of environmental contaminants and waste
Jon Shaffer, Huntington, N.Y. (US); Jack Fernandes, Setauket, N.Y. (US); and John Lucido, Rocky Point, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to Aqua-Nova LLC, Melville, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jan. 08, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/43,056.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/260586, filed on Jan. 09, 2001.
Prior Publication US 2002/0179525 A1, Dec. 05, 2002
Int. Cl. C02F 3/34 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 210—101 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for delivering microorganisms to an environment to be treated, comprising:
a bioreactor comprising an output tube to the environment to be treated;
a nutrient container comprising a mixture of inorganic and organic nutrients;
a nutrient pumping means for pumping inorganic and organic nutrients from the nutrient container to the bioreactor, the nutrient pumping means is in fluid communication with the nutrient container and the bioreactor, and
a water pumping means for pumping water into the bioreactor, the water pumping means is in fluid communication with the bioreactor and a water source wherein the water pumped into the bioreactor displaces fluid out of the output tube of the bioreactor to the environment to be treated.