Environmental remediation system
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a vessel including an opening,wherein when the opening is facing a bottom of a body of water and the vessel is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water, the vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel;
a first pipe coupled to the vessel and configured to transport the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to a filtering system or a by-pass system, anda clean holding site for holding the filtrate transported from the interior of the vessel via the filtering system.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for removing and treating contaminated materials on a bottom of a body of water and introducing growth packets to revitalize the treated bottom of the body of water. The structure may comprise a vessel with an open face. The vessel may be lowered down to the bottom of the body of water with the face facing down. As a result, the vessel and the bottom form an isolated space. The structure may comprise at least one agitating device(s) for stirring up the materials inside the vessel so as to form a mixture containing the sediment materials which in turn contain the contaminants. Multiple at least one pipe(s) may be coupled to the vessel for transporting the mixture out of the vessel for processing (filtering, treating with chemicals, etc.) so as to neutralize or eliminate the contaminants in the mixture. Then, the treated mixture can be returned to the inside of the vessel via the at least one pipe(s).
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a vessel including an opening, wherein when the opening is facing a bottom of a body of water and the vessel is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water, the vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel; a first pipe coupled to the vessel and configured to transport the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to a filtering system or a by-pass system, and a clean holding site for holding the filtrate transported from the interior of the vessel via the filtering system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A kit, comprising:
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a rig or boat; and a vessel, including an opening, wherein when the opening is facing a bottom of a body of water and the vessel is in direct physical contact with the bottom of the body of water, the vessel has been configured to contain and suspend materials inside the vessel; a first pipe coupled to the vessel and configured to transport the contained and suspended materials from an interior of the vessel to a filtering system or a by-pass system, a clean holding site for holding filtrate transported from the interior of the vessel via the filtering system; and a support system, wherein the support system comprises a connecting means for securing the rig or boat to the vessel.
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