US Patent Issued to CHEMTREAT on Feb. 11 for "Methods of treating water with powder activated carbon to reduce organic matter content" (Alabama, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,367, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to CHEMTREAT INC. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Methods of treating water with powder activated carbon to reduce organic matter content" was invented by Douglas A. Godwin (Fairhope, Ala.) and Alan J. Feller (Macy, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described that reduce the amount of organic matter in water, including reducing an amount of total organic carbon in water. The method includes adding powder activated carbon to the water; mixing the powder activated carbon in the water; and separating the powder activated carbon from the water. Also described are a method for reducing glycol content...