US Patent Issued to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support on Aug. 25 for "Process for removing hardness and total organic carbon from drinking water" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,796, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support (Saint-Maurice, France).

"Process for removing hardness and total organic carbon from drinking water" was invented by Thomas Perry (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Harrison Fowler (Garner, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for reducing hardness and organic matter concentrations in water. The water being treated is directed into and through an upflow reactor containing a media. As the water moves up the reactor, the media is fluidized. At least one softening reagent is added to the water in the reactor, resulting...