A lamella for a clarifier, including a plate provided with longitudinal straight ribs extending from the top part of the plate to the bottom edge, and longitudinal straight folds provided with wings and which are interposed between each pair of ribs to form projections with V-shaped walls that project in the sagittal direction. A top transverse fold provided in the top part, which defines a flat portion extending backwards towards a top edge. A bottom transverse fold that curves the bottom part backwards.

The disclosed method and apparatus separates solid impurities from a fluid containing solid impurities. The method and apparatus allow the introduction of influent comprising a fluid containing solid impurities into a plurality of channels and allowing at least a portion of the solid impurities initially present in the influent to settle on upward-facing surfaces of a plurality of plates forming the channels or slide down the upward-facing surfaces, while permitting fluid, which has been depleted of at least a portion of solid impurities, to flow upward toward the top edges of the plurality of plates. The influent is introduced into the plurality of channels in a manner that inhibits a disrupting or disturbing of the solid impurities, which have separated from the influent.

The disclosed method and apparatus separates solid impurities from a fluid containing solid impurities. The method and apparatus allow the introduction of influent comprising a fluid containing solid impurities into a plurality of channels and allowing at least a portion of the solid impurities initially present in the influent to settle on upward-facing surfaces of a plurality of plates forming the channels or slide down the upward-facing surfaces, while permitting fluid, which has been depleted of at least a portion of solid impurities, to flow upward toward the top edges of the plurality of plates. The influent is introduced into the plurality of channels in a manner that inhibits a disrupting or disturbing of the solid impurities, which have separated from the influent.

The invention relates to a water treatment device comprising a mixing tank comprising an inlet path (12) for an effluent to be treated, an optional inlet path (13) for reagents, a stirring source (14) for generating a turbulent stir in a given volume of said tank, an extraction path (15) for discharging sludge, and an extraction path (16) for treated effluent, and further comprising above and adjacent to the given volume, but below the treated-effluent outlet path, a settling structure (17) comprising a plurality of ducts extending from the bottom to the top and arranged in the form of a baffle so that no particle can flow through said layer along a rectilinear path.

A lamella for a clarifier, including a plate provided with longitudinal straight ribs extending from the top part of the plate to the bottom edge, and longitudinal straight folds provided with wings and which are interposed between each pair of ribs to form projections with V-shaped walls that project in the sagittal direction. A top transverse fold provided in the top part, which defines a flat portion extending backwards towards a top edge. A bottom transverse fold that curves the bottom part backwards.

The present disclosure relates to settler plates for a plate settler. The settler plates generally include a hollow support with a hollow interior to receive clarified liquid from a flow channel between adjacent settler plates. An orifice is formed through the hollow support to direct clarified liquid from the flow channel into the hollow interior. The orifice can be positioned such that clarified liquid can flow upwardly out of the flow channel and downwardly through the orifice into the hollow interior. The hollow support can be integrally formed with the settler plate. For example, the hollow support can be formed by bending a tab extending from an end of the settler plate. The tab can be bent into a hollow support with a cross section that is generally polygonal.

A stormwater treatment device may include a chamber having a floor and a wall; an inlet formed in the wall that receives stormwater into an inlet side of the chamber; an outlet formed in the wall that discharges stormwater from an outlet side of the chamber; an enhanced settling device positioned in the outlet side of the chamber; a flow diverter plate in a lower portion of the chamber; and an outlet control diverter positioned proximate to the outlet. Stormwater is received by the inlet in a first flow direction, flows from the inlet side to the lower portion of the chamber in a second flow direction, flows through the enhanced settling device to an upper portion of the chamber in a third flow direction, flows through the outlet control diverter in fourth flow direction, and is discharged by the outlet in a fifth flow direction.

A separator for separating solids from a fluid, wherein the separator comprises a vessel having an inlet and an outlet, and a lamella clarifier and manifold disposed in an interior of the vessel. The interior of the vessel receives the fluid via the vessel inlet. The manifold has an interior and comprises a manifold inlet, a manifold outlet and a bypass inlet. The manifold inlet is connected to the lamella clarifier so the interior of the manifold receives a first portion of the fluid from the lamella clarifier via the manifold inlet. The bypass inlet is in the interior of the vessel so the manifold receives a second portion of the fluid from the interior of the vessel via the bypass inlet and not via the lamella clarifier. The manifold outlet is connected to the outlet of the vessel such that it discharges the first and second portions of fluid.

A water treatment system for treating water is provided. The water treatment system includes a basin; a pair of clarifiers disposed in the basin; a pair of collection troughs each arranged at least partially above a corresponding one of the pair of clarifiers; and at least one cover assembly comprising: a frame coupled to the pair of collection troughs, and a cover coupled to the frame, the cover being made of a nylon mesh material.

A plate module of an inclined plate settler with a plurality of lamella plates positioned parallel to one another and secured at an angle to the horizontal in the installed state, wherein the plate module is embodied as a plug-in system with end plates between which a plurality of longitudinal plates extend and the lamella plates are secured on the longitudinal plates between the end plates, wherein the connections between the end plates and longitudinal plates and/or between the longitudinal plates and lamella plates are embodied as detachable plug-in connections.