A filter-anchor for placement on a sea floor is provided. It includes a filter housing for filtering sea water prior to entry into a water desalinization system. The filter housing has an exterior, an interior chamber, at least one inlet for providing the sea water to the interior chamber, and at le
A filter-anchor for placement on a sea floor is provided. It includes a filter housing for filtering sea water prior to entry into a water desalinization system. The filter housing has an exterior, an interior chamber, at least one inlet for providing the sea water to the interior chamber, and at least one outlet for enabling filtered water to be pumped from the interior chamber. A sand filter is disposed in the filter housing. The filter housing has at least one water conduction outlet conduit for filtered water to be pumped to the desalinization system. A wave energy conversion system utilizing the filter anchor is also provided to effect the pumping of the filtered water to the desalinization system. A method of anchoring a wave energy conversion system and providing filtered water to a desalinization system is also provided.
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1. A filter-anchor, comprising: (a) a filter housing for filtering sea water prior to entry into a wave powered water desalination system for placement on a sea floor, the filter housing having an exterior, an interior chamber, at least one inlet for providing the sea water to the interior chamber,
1. A filter-anchor, comprising: (a) a filter housing for filtering sea water prior to entry into a wave powered water desalination system for placement on a sea floor, the filter housing having an exterior, an interior chamber, at least one inlet for providing the sea water to the interior chamber, and at least one outlet for providing filtered water to exit the interior chamber, said filter housing comprising a barge structure that permits said filter housing to be towed to a sea water location;(b) a sand filter disposed in the filter-housing, separating the exterior from the interior chamber, the filter housing having at least one water conduction outlet conduit for filtered water to exit the interior chamber to provide filtered water. 2. The filter-anchor of claim 1, wherein the area of the at least one inlet for providing sea water provides a surface intake velocity of less than 0.5 feet per second to restrict incursion of fish larva and macro or micro vertebrae. 3. The filter-anchor of claim 1, wherein the filter-anchor is of a size to permit container transportable via truck transportation. 4. The filter-anchor of claim 1, wherein the interior chamber of the filter anchor is substantially filled with clean, washed, coarse sand, from either a local beach or shoreline source. 5. The filter-anchor of claim 1, wherein the interior chamber of the filter anchor is substantially filled with clean, washed, coarse sand, obtained from a commercial sand source. 6. The filter-anchor of claim 1, wherein the filter housing has hatches between the exterior and the interior chamber which, when opened, provide for submersion of the filter housing via flooding of the interior chamber and controlled sinking of the filter-anchor to the sea floor. 7. The filter-anchor of claim 6, including at least one submersible pump and submersible air snorkel, wherein the filter-anchor is re-floatable, wherein the hatches are in a closed position, wherein the interior chamber is substantially filled with air, wherein the submersible pump and air snorkel are activatable to float the filter-anchor. 8. A wave energy conversion system comprising: (a) an articulated barge system for converting wave energy into energy used to pump water to a wave powered desalination system to generate potable water;(b) at least one filter-anchor, each filter-anchor comprising: (i) a filter housing for filtering sea water prior to entry into the wave powered water desalination system for placement on a sea floor, the filter housing having an exterior, an interior chamber, at least one inlet for providing the sea water to the interior chamber, and at least one outlet for providing filtered water to exit the interior chamber, said filter housing comprising a barge structure that permits said filter housing to be towed to a sea water location;(ii) a filter disposed in the filter-housing, separating the exterior from the interior chamber, the filter housing having at least one water conduction outlet conduit for filtered water to exit the interior chamber to provide filtered water to the desalination system on the articulated barge; and(c) a mooring buoy attached to each filter-anchor by a mooring line. 9. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the wave powered desalination system includes a reverse osmosis membrane. 10. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the filter is a sand filter. 11. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the filter-anchor includes at least one feed line in the interior chamber to provide the filtered water to the water conduction outlet conduit. 12. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the filter housing is constructed from steel sheet. 13. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the at least inlet is a manually controlled hatch. 14. The wave energy conversion system of claim 8, wherein the at least inlet is an automatically controlled hatch.
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