Method and apparatus to implement a managed distributed wastewater process
OwnerJames William Masten, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The method of the managed sewer is a “Netcentric” distributed process that is managed in real-time and implemented through several apparatuses that enable the low capital cost and low installation cost of a smaller diameter pipe (smaller than typically used in gravity flow systems). The apparatuses enable the method of managing the grinding, pumping and staging processes to optimize the effectiveness of the collection process through the small pipe and increase system efficacy by using the pumping and transport action of the material in the pipe as part of the process activity.
Claims11
A method for processing wastewater using a managed sewer system, the method comprising:
- receiving wastewater from a plurality of structures at a respective plurality of buffer tanks each coupled to a wastewater processing facility through a common pipe;
- within each buffer tank, adding a sanitizing agent into the wastewater;
- agitating the wastewater with the sanitizing agent by macerating the wastewater;
- measuring an amount of wastewater stored in each of the plurality of buffer tanks;
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- maintaining a constant flow through the common pipe to the wastewater processing facility by selectively activating pumps at each of the buffer tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.