A high salinity wastewater treatment system is provided according to the present application, which includes a hydrogel loading system and a flow-storage different-oriented-inlet-and-outlet system. The hydrogel loading system includes six separation plates, a wastewater treatment area, a water distribution bin, a rotating shaft, a driving motor and a fixed bracket. The six separation plates evenly separate the wastewater treatment area into six separate treatment sectors in an axial direction. The six separate treatment sectors are filled with hydrogel materials with water purification effect. The high salinity wastewater infiltrates into each separate treatment sector one by one through high salinity wastewater inlet meshes on a surface of the wastewater treatment area, and the purified high salinity wastewater is discharged through a wastewater cleaning outlet pipe with a same water inlet direction as a cleaning filler distribution pipe.

The present disclosure includes compositions and methods for filtering a liquid, e.g., water. The compositions herein may include a filter aid comprising a filter medium and packaging having at least one water-soluble portion. When the filter aid is introduced into the liquid to be filtered, the water-soluble portion(s) may dissolve or otherwise degrade in order to expose the filter medium to the liquid.

Systems and processes for treating a contaminated aqueous flow which includes contaminants, such as munitions contaminants including metallic contaminants, energetic material contaminants, and/or propellant contaminants, are disclosed. The systems include an adsorption layer which includes bone char particulates, titanium dioxide particulates and/or aluminum oxide particulates which promotes adsorption of the contaminants upon contact of the contaminated stream and the adsorption layer so as to produce a treated aqueous flow, which is depleted in the munitions contaminants. Optionally, the adsorption layer can be buried in granulates particles so the contaminated aqueous water can percolate down through the earth and towards the adsorption layer, so the treated water can further percolate through the earth. The system can alternatively include more than one adsorption layer, which can be arranged in series or in parallel, in situ or ex situ.

A method of forming an activated carbon sorbent from a seagrass. The method involves treating a seagrass with a base solution to form an intermediate solid, drying the intermediate solid to form a precursor, and pyrolyzing the precursor at 600 to 1000° C. to form the activated carbon sorbent. Preferably the seagrass is Halodule uninervis. The activated carbon sorbent is used in a method of removing an organic pollutant from a contaminated water. Preferred organic pollutants removed are phenols, specifically 2,4-dimethylphenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol.

Systems and methods for generating and using a water filtration media containing date seed powder are provided. The method of generating the date seed powder for use in a water treatment system includes drying the date seeds, cleaning and removing the date seed envelopes, grinding the date seeds, and segregating the date seed powder according to a predetermined particle size. The method of using the date seed powder to treat water includes using a treatment tank with a date seed media bed layer, introducing water, and filtering suspended solids from the water stream using the date seed media bed layer. The system utilizing the date seed media bed layer includes a treatment tank, a date seed media bed layer, water inlets and outlets, backwashing equipment, and media support screens.

A porous activated asphaltene material is described with a method of making and a method of using for the adsorption of a contaminant from a solution. The porous activated asphaltene material may be made by functionalizing solid asphaltene with nitric acid, and then treating the product with a metal hydroxide. The resulting porous activated asphaltene material exhibits a high porosity, and may be cleaned and reused for adsorbing contaminants.

The disclosure relates to modified wood pulp and methods using the same for removal for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (collectively “PFAS”) from contaminated water. Cationic-modified wood pulp can be used to adsorb anionic PFAS contaminants from water, and anionic-modified wood pulp can be used to adsorb cationic PFAS contaminants from water. The modified wood pulp has high adsorption efficiencies, rapid adsorption kinetics, and high adsorption efficiencies for a range of different PFAS contaminants.

The invention relates to a process for recovering metals from aqueous solutions or solid feedstocks such as ores and waste. In particular, the invention relates to a method of recovering a target metals using a microorganism.

A porous activated asphaltene material is described with a method of making and a method of using for the adsorption of a contaminant from a solution. The porous activated asphaltene material may be made by functionalizing solid asphaltene with nitric acid, and then treating the product with a metal hydroxide. The resulting porous activated asphaltene material exhibits a high porosity, and may be cleaned and reused for adsorbing contaminants.

A sequential batch reactor wastewater treatment system and method, a material combination for practicing the method, and a fertilizer co-product deriving therefrom. A pH lowering agent comprising an acid lowers the pH of wastewater. A first compound including chitin or chitosan comprises a filtering medium, a coagulant, and a flocculant, and a second compound comprises an adsorbent and a pH raising agent. Wastewater is mixed and aerated subsequent to introduction of each of the first and second compounds, and flocculation yields treated water and a sludge byproduct that may be dewatered and further processed to yield a useful fertilizer co-product. Within the first compound, diatomaceous earth operates as a filtering medium and bentonite clay acts as a coagulant and filtering medium. Within the second compound, activated carbon, calcium oxide (CaO), and caustic soda (NaOH) are operative to adsorb, disinfect, and raise the pH of the wastewater.