Self-charging battery-powered stop valve with elongated wireless foot switch

A system comprising:

• a flow control module having at least one valve means for controlling water flow through a water supply pipe, a controller coupled with the at least one valve means, a wireless communications interface communicatively coupled with the controller, a control battery electrically coupled with the at least one valve means, the controller, and the wireless communications interface, and a flow powered generator electrically coupled with the control battery, wherein the at least one valve means comprises a normally open solenoid valve biased toward a default open position when not energized allowing a fluid to flow freely through the water supply pipe and when energized presents a closed position wherein the fluid flow is inhibited;
• the flow powered generator is positioned within a plumbing network and is configured to generate electrical energy by conversion from a hydraulic force received from a fluid motion directed within the plumbing network;
• a foot switch comprising an actuator bar coupled with a foot switch circuitry, wherein the actuator bar transitions from a quiescent position to a signaling position during application of an urging force;
• the foot switch circuitry comprising a pair of sensors positioned to receive pressure from the actuator bar, a transmitting wireless communications interface adapted to inform the flow control module of a detection of the urging force received from the actuator bar by either sensor of the pair of sensors, and a battery electrically coupled with the switch circuitry and the transmitting wireless communications interface, wherein when a pressure is applied to the actuator bar to transition from the quiescent position state to the signaling position state the switch circuitry causes the transmitting wireless communications interface to transmit a signal that when received by the wireless communications interface of the flow control module directs the controller to energize the at least one valve means to transition from the open position to the closed position, and in the absence of energizing by the controller the at least one valve means to return to the default open position.