| 摘要 |
A floating pond skimmer (10) is coupled by a fluid conduit to a remote filter/aerating apparatus (100) . The skimmer sucks a mixture of solids and water, grinds/chops the solids, and pumps (32) the reduced solids and water through the conduit (84) to the filter/aerating apparatus (100) which separates the solids from the mixture and aerates the water from the mixture. The floating skimmer (10) preferably includes a vortex chamber (38), an on-board pump with a grinding impeller, an adjustable ballast, and an anchor. The filter/aerating apparatus includes an inclined screen (102) and a drain tray (104) beneath the inclined screen (102) coupled to a water discharge conduit. Optionally, an aeration pump is coupled to the discharge conduit. Also optionally, a removable solid waste hopper is located at the lower end of the inclined screen. Otherwise the solid waste simply falls into a compost pile at the bottom of the inclined screen (102).
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