Abstract 1. A METHOD FOR TREATING FLUID WASTE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: 8A) INTRODUCTING FLUID WASTE INTO A FIRST OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CHAMBERS, TRANSFERRING SAID FLUID FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER TO A EUBSEQUENT CHAMBER AND ESTABLISHING IN SAID SUBEEQUENT CHAMBER OF FLUID LEVEL LOWER THAN THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE FIRST CHAMBER; (B) AERATING FLUID WASTE IN THE CHAMBERS BY INTERMITTINGLY PASSING AN AERATING FLUID THROUGH INTERCONNECTED DIFFUSERS ARRANGED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF CHAMBERS, THE DIFFUSERS IN THE CHAMBERS BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A CONDUIT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS AT A LOWER PORTION THEREOF; (C) FILTERING THE WASTE ALTERNATELY WITH THE AERATING STEP (B) BY PASSING FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS THROUGH THE DIFFUSERS AND INTO A SUBSEQUENT ONE OF THE CHAMBERS WHENEVER PASSAGE OF THE AERATING FLUID INTO THE CHAMBERS IS INTERRUPTED, THE PASSING OF THE FLUID BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS BEING CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF THE FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS; AND (D) DISCHARGING TREATED FLUID FROM THE LAST ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS.
A METHOD FOR TREATING FLUID WASTE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: 8A) INTRODUCTING FLUID WASTE INTO A FIRST OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CHAMBERS, TRANSFERRING SAID FLUID FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER TO A EUBSEQUENT CHAMBER AND ESTABLISHING IN SAID SUBEEQUENT CHAMBER OF FLUID LEVEL LOWER THAN THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE FIRST CHAMBER; (B) AERATING FLUID WASTE IN THE CHAMBERS BY INTERMITTINGLY PASSING AN AERATING FLUID THROUGH INTERCONNECTED DIFFUSERS ARRANGED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF CHAMBERS, THE DIFFUSERS IN THE CHAMBERS BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A CONDUIT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS AT A LOWER PORTION THEREOF; (C) FILTERING THE WASTE ALTERNATELY WITH THE AERATING STEP (B) BY PASSING FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS THROUGH THE DIFFUSERS AND INTO A SUBSEQUENT ONE OF THE CHAMBERS WHENEVER PASSAGE OF THE AERATING FLUID INTO THE CHAMBERS IS INTERRUPTED, THE PASSING OF THE FLUID BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS BEING CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF THE FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS; AND (D) DISCHARGING TREATED FLUID FROM THE LAST ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS.
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A METHOD FOR TREATING FLUID WASTE, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: 8A) INTRODUCTING FLUID WASTE INTO A FIRST OF A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CHAMBERS, TRANSFERRING SAID FLUID FROM THE FIRST CHAMBER TO A EUBSEQUENT CHAMBER AND ESTABLISHING IN SAID SUBEEQUENT CHAMBER OF FLUID LEVEL LOWER THAN THE FLUID LEVEL IN THE FIRST CHAMBER; (B) AERATING FLUID WASTE IN THE CHAMBERS BY INTERMITTINGLY PASSING AN AERATING FLUID THROUGH INTERCONNECTED DIFFUSERS ARRANGED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF CHAMBERS, THE DIFFUSERS IN THE CHAMBERS BEING INTERCONNECTED BY A CONDUIT EXTENDING BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS AT A LOWER PORTION THEREOF; (C) FILTERING THE WASTE ALTERNATELY WITH THE AERATING STEP (B) BY PASSING FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS THROUGH THE DIFFUSERS AND INTO A SUBSEQUENT ONE OF THE CHAMBERS WHENEVER PASSAGE OF THE AERATING FLUID INTO THE CHAMBERS IS INTERRUPTED, THE PASSING OF THE FLUID BETWEEN THE CHAMBERS BEING CAUSED BY THE DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF THE FLUID IN THE CHAMBERS; AND (D) DISCHARGING TREATED FLUID FROM THE LAST ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS.