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A method for treating water removed from the ground is disclosed. The treatment reduces the content of noxious sulfur-containing impurities therein before the water is supplied to an associated water system. The method involves the steps of spraying the water to be treated in the upper portion of a

A method for treating water removed from the ground is disclosed. The treatment reduces the content of noxious sulfur-containing impurities therein before the water is supplied to an associated water system. The method involves the steps of spraying the water to be treated in the upper portion of a standpipe, entraining air with the water which is sprayed in the upper portion of the standpipe, and maintaining a required water level in the standpipe. Spraying the water to be treated in the standpipe causes a flow of water from within the standpipe through a bed of a catalyst for the oxidation of sulfur and sulfur-containing moieties to sulfate anions and from the catalyst bed to the associated water system. The water level maintained in the standpipe is that required to enable the flow of water therefrom through the catalyst bed to the associated water system. The amount of air entrained with the water sprayed in the standpipe and the residence time of the water in the catalyst bed are controlled so that there is a substantially complete oxidation of sulfur and sulfur-containing moieties to sulfate anions before the water is delivered to the associated water system. Water may be supplied to the standpipe from a vessel in which the water has been aerated by spraying the water upwardly in the vessel.

대표청구항 ▼

A method for treating water removed from the ground to reduce the content of noxious sulfur-containing impurities therein before the water is supplied to an associated water system, said method comprising the steps of spraying the water to be treated in the upper portion of a closed standpipe which

A method for treating water removed from the ground to reduce the content of noxious sulfur-containing impurities therein before the water is supplied to an associated water system, said method comprising the steps of spraying the water to be treated in the upper portion of a closed standpipe which has an inlet for the water to be treated and an outlet through which water can flow to the associated water system, the inlet and the outlet of the standpipe being so positioned that air which becomes disassociated from water can collect in the upper portion of the standpipe, controlling the spraying of water in the upper portion of the closed standpipe to maintain a superatmospheric therein to pressurize the associated water system, entraining air with the water before it is sprayed in the standpipe, said last named step being carried out in a vessel in which the ground water is sprayed upwardly, maintaining the water level in the standpipe that is required to enable the flow of water therefrom to the associated water system, containing the ground water, before it is delivered to the associated water system, with a catalyst for the oxidation of sulfur and sulfur-containing moieties to sulfate anions, and controlling the time of contact between the ground water and the catalyst, the amount of air entrained with the water sprayed in the vessel and the amount of air entrained with the water sprayed in the standpipe so that entrained air separates from the water and forms an air pocket inside the standpipe and there is a substantially complete oxidation of sulfur and sulfur-containing moieties to sulfate anions.