US 12,168,613 B2
Water treatment systems and methods of treating water
Robert G. Craw, Danville, CA (US); and Christopher J. Perry, Cottonwood, CA (US)
Assigned to Aqueous Vets, LLC, Redding, CA (US)
Filed by AqueoUS Vets, LLC, Redding, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,217.
Application 18/468,217 is a continuation of application No. 17/207,196, filed on Mar. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,787,704.
Application 17/207,196 is a continuation of application No. 16/035,076, filed on Jul. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,981,802, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/593,353, filed on Dec. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0002253 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 1/28 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 1/006 (2013.01) [C02F 1/004 (2013.01); C02F 1/283 (2013.01); C02F 2209/03 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2301/04 (2013.01); C02F 2303/16 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating water with a water treatment system comprising:
distributing raw water through a first raw water line into a first vessel comprising a bed of adsorbent materials;
filtering the raw water through the bed of adsorbent materials of the first vessel and into an underdrain collection system;
distributing the filtered water from the underdrain collection system into a second vessel comprising a bed of adsorbent materials by way of a second raw water line;
filtering the filtered water through the bed of adsorbent materials of the second vessel and into the underdrain collection system, and
removing adsorbent materials from the first and/or second vessel through adsorbent material effluent lines,
wherein each adsorbent material effluent line comprises an inlet attached to a bottom of the first or second vessel and an outlet that extends out from the first or second vessel and which is positioned above ring headers of the underdrain collection system, and
wherein the water treatment system comprises a total height of 16 feet or less, the total height being measured vertically between a component that forms a bottom of the water treatment system to a component that forms a top of the water treatment system.