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The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for processing contaminated water containing high concentrates of volatile and soluble inorganic and organic compounds and ion reaction complexes thereof, and particularly pertains to the removal of high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide from well wa

The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for processing contaminated water containing high concentrates of volatile and soluble inorganic and organic compounds and ion reaction complexes thereof, and particularly pertains to the removal of high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide from well water, and the invention is well suited for use with domestic water systems. Batches of untreated water are introduced into a vented first holding chamber at a rate and volume related to the removal of batches of treated water from a second holding chamber. The chambers are interconnected by a dilution flow control orifice, or orifices, and air and ozone are mixed with the water within both chambers wherein aeration by air-stripping within the first chamber rapidly reduces the high hydrogen sulfide concentration and the lower hydrogen sulfide content of the water within the second chamber is primarily removed by the ozone. Effective ozonization within the second chamber is assured by stratifying the second chamber water by producing a vortex therein, and the rate of dilution of the water within the first chamber as it is transferred into the second chamber is controlled by the dilution flow control orifice.

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The method of treating water utilized by a water system pressurized by an intermittingly operated pump to remove high concentrates of hydrogen sulfide, the water system having a known average volume requirement within a predetermined interval, comprising the steps of: (a) storing a volume of water g

The method of treating water utilized by a water system pressurized by an intermittingly operated pump to remove high concentrates of hydrogen sulfide, the water system having a known average volume requirement within a predetermined interval, comprising the steps of: (a) storing a volume of water greater than that required during the known requirement interval within first and second chambers, (b) air-stripping the stored water within the first chamber by aeration to rapidly reduce the high hydrogen sulfide concentrate, (c) transferring the air-stripped water to the second chamber at a rate determined by the pump during normal water usage, (d) intermixing ozone with the air-stripped water within the second chamber to remove low concentrates of hydrogen sulfide from the water, and (e) removing water from the second chamber by the pump during normal water usage.