Ballast water, bilge water, slop water, or oily water treatment systems and related methods

Abstract

Disclosed are remote oily water treatment systems, including systems and related methods of remote oily water treatment with point-of-treatment discharge of treated water. In a preferred embodiment, (a) oily water is treated at a location proximate to where the oily water by passing the oily water through a tank containing a medium defined by at least one polymer mixed with activated carbon and (b) treated water is discharged at the point-of-treatment of the oily water.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method of treating water comprising the steps of:
 a. collecting the oily water;   b. separating the oil from the water via an oil-water separator or by a settling tank;   c. filtering the separated water and providing the separated oil to a holding tank;   d. passing the water through media tanks for cleansing the water to a particular purity, where the media tanks features a polymer bond media mixture comprising at least one polymer mixed with activated carbon; and   e. discharging the water at sea or open ocean where the oily water was generated, collected, or treated.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the steps of passing the water through an ultraviolet light treatment to purge any biological materials in the water prior to discharging the water on location where the oily water was treated. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  where the oily water was treated at sea. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2  where the oily water was treated on-board a vessel. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2  where the oily water was treated via an oil spill. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2  where the oily water was treated inland.