Shipboard Cleanup of Non-Oily Wastewater

SARA, Inc. proposes the use of high intensity acoustic energy to generate sonochemical effects for cleanup and treatment of wastewater onboard ships. The proposed technique can dramatically reduce the need to store and trans-fer non-oily wastewater andgreatly reduce the volume of any water that must be discharged into the marine environment. Application of this technology would simplify and expedite Naval opera-tions in foreign waters and eliminate much of the volume of stored water that must beretained for eventual transfer to other holding systems. Overall this would enhance the efficiency of shipboard operations, reduce the volume of waste storage facilities onboard ship and regenerate usable non-potable water. The proposed technique iscompatible with existing pipe layouts, plumbing and transfer systems, and existing treatment methodologies including permeable membranes. This technique has applications in many areas including the Cruise Industry, shipping industry, at sewage treatmentplants, potentially onboard submarines, and for agricultural to cleanup effluent generated by large scale cattle, pig, fish and chicken producers and the meat processing industries.