Water monitoring and control system and method thereof
OwnerCharlie J. Schafer, Dennis J. McGrath +2inventors
InventorsCharlie J. Schafer, Dennis J. McGrath, David Clark White, Gordon Alexander Echols
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method usable for controlling multiple flows of water. The system may include a first sensor configured to sense a condition, a first drain tile, a first flow regulator configured to control a flow of water in the first drain tile, and a first transceiver configured to control the first flow regulator based on the sensed condition.
Claims13
A system comprised of:
- a first sensor configured to sense a condition in a body of water;
- a first drain tile configured to drain water from an agricultural field and provide the water to the body of water;
- a first flow regulator configured to control a flow of water in the first drain tile;
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- a first transceiver configured to control the first flow regulator based on the sensed condition, wherein the condition is associated with the body of water, the body of water being downstream from the first flow regulator, wherein the condition is a level of at least one nutrient in the body of water and the first transceiver is configured to control the first flow regulator based on the sensed level of the at least one nutrient in the body of water.
A method of controlling multiple flows of water comprising:
- monitoring a condition of a body of water;
- determining whether a preset condition is exceeded;
- sending a signal to a transceiver to control a tile line water flow regulator if the preset condition is exceeded, the tile line water flow regulator being arranged in an agricultural field and upstream from the body of water;
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- quantifying a flow of water leaving the tile line water flow regulator, wherein monitoring the condition of the body of water includes monitoring a level of at least one nutrient in the body of water and wherein determining whether the preset condition is exceeded includes determining whether the preset level of said at least one nutrient is exceeded.
A system comprised of:
- a first sensor configured to sense a condition in a body of water;
- a first drain tile configured to drain water from an agricultural field;
- a first flow regulator in an agricultural field configured to control water flowing through the first drain tile to control a flow of water to the body of water;
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- a first transceiver configured to control the first flow regulator based on the sensed condition, wherein the condition is associated with the body of water, the body of water being downstream from the first flow regulator, wherein the condition includes at least one of a chemical level and a nutrient level.
A controller configured to control a plurality of flow regulators based on information obtained from a plurality of sensors arranged near the plurality of regulators and information obtained from a sensor arranged in a body of water remote from the plurality of regulators, wherein the plurality of regulators control flows of water flowing through a plurality of drain tiles arranged in agricultural fields and to the body of water, and wherein the sensor arranged in the body of water is configured to sense at least one nutrient.
A system comprised of:
- a sensor configured to sense a condition in a body of water;
- a plurality of drain systems configured to drain agricultural fields, each of the drain systems of the plurality of drain systems including at least one drain tile and a flow regulator configured to control flows of water through their respective at least one drain tile, wherein each flow regulator includes a computer creating a swarm intelligence among the plurality of drain systems to create a real time distributed control flow system to control flows of water to the body of water, and wherein the sensor configured to sense a condition in a body of water is configured to sense at least one of a nutrient and a chemical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.