FLOATING FILTER MODULE AND WATER TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD USING THE SAME

The present invention relates to a floating filter module installed in a water treatment apparatus, such as in a public water treatment plant, a village water supply facility, a public sewage treatment plant, a wastewater treatment plant, or a village sewage treatment plant, in order to remove contamination particles. The floating filter module according to the present invention comprises: a hollow-type sintered filter having a plurality of fine pores which is arranged in wastewater within a water treatment tank in order to separate and filter the contamination particles from the wastewater introduced into the water treatment tank; a floating body connected to the sintered filter, and which floats to the surface of the wastewater within the water treatment tank so as to position the sintered filter at the upper portion of the wastewater in the water treatment tank; a main pipe communicating with an inner space of the sintered filter; a suction device coupled to the main pipe in order to provide a suction force to the sintered filter through the main pipe, thereby suctioning the wastewater in the water treatment tank through the plurality of fine pores and into the sintered filter; and a compressed-air supply apparatus having a compressed-air supply tube communicating with the inner space of the sintered filter through the main tube and an air compressor coupled to the compressed-air supply tube in order to supply compressed air into the inner space of the sintered filter, thereby releasing from the sintered filter the contamination particles that clog the fine pores of the sintered filter.