The apparatus and methods of the present invention enable efficient and
appropriate treatment of Urban Water Runoff, so that the treated Urban
water Runoff can be can be introduced into public waterways without
contaminating such waterways. The system apparatus utilizes adsorptive
Organoclay media, mechanical filtration and ultraviolet sterilization.
The methods and apparatus of the present invention remove contaminants
from Urban Water Runoff to a level which enable the resulting effluent to
meet appropriate standards for introducing the treated Urban water Runoff
in to public waterways. The method and apparatus of water treatment of
the present invention does not utilize chlorine containing compounds
which, when combined with organic compounds can produce THM's that can
become problematic when re-introduced to the downstream environment. The
systems of the present invention can be made sufficiently compact so as
to enable their use in remote locations.