US 12,276,098 B1
System for purifying and delivering surface water to an aquifer
Madhvi Chittoor, Arvada, CO (US)
Filed by Madhvi Chittoor, Arvada, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,050.
Int. Cl. E03F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01); E03F 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC E03F 1/002 (2013.01) [C02F 1/001 (2013.01); E03F 5/0404 (2013.01); C02F 2103/001 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for purifying and delivering surface water from rain or snow-melt to the local aquifer comprising:
a debris trap;
a concrete channel sloped towards the debris trap for directing surface water to the debris trap;
a plurality of hollow, stacked, concrete structures are disposed within a hole in the ground, defining an open-topped, hollow volume;
a bed of sand and gravel is disposed at a lowermost portion of the hollow volume;
a removable mesh cage is disposed within the hollow volume and on top of the bed of sand and gravel;
activated charcoal is disposed within the removable mesh cage;
a connector member fitted into a wall of the topmost hollow, concrete structure;
a P-trap including:
a vertically extending conduit portion that extends upwardly through a bottom of the debris trap, with a below-grade portion that extends above the bottom being perforated;
a horizontally extending conduit portion extending through, and connected to the wall of the topmost hollow, concrete structure with the connector member, for delivering surface water at a point within the hollow volume above the removable mesh cage; and
a removable cover positioned over the hole.