Mobile fabric water tower system
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsAnya Sirota, Jean Louis M. Farges
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Abstract
A water tower system having a catchment system to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output; a water mattress system fluidly coupled below to the catchment system to collect the water from the catchment system; an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system is located at or below the water mattress system; and a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location.
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A water tower system comprising:
- a catchment system configured to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output, the catchment system being at a first elevation;
- a water mattress system fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water mattress system configured to collect the water from the output of the catchment system, the water mattress system being at a second elevation, the second elevation being below the first elevation;
- an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system configured to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system being at a third elevation, the third elevation being at or below the second elevation;
- a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system, the water distribution system configured to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location;
- a water catchment vessel fluidly coupled to the catchment system;
- a wall structure supporting the water catchment vessel at the second elevation, the wall structure having a foundation configured to support a projected load of water and a structural support operably coupled to the foundation, the structural support configured to be physically coupled with and supporting the water catchment vessel;
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- a lattice structure operably coupled to at least one of the structural support and the water catchment vessel, the lattice structure being configured to support vegetation or productive food growth.
A water tower system comprising:
- a catchment system configured to collect climatically-produced water and route the water to an output, the catchment system being at a first elevation;
- a water mattress system fluidly coupled to the catchment system, the water mattress system configured to collect the water from the output of the catchment system, the water mattress system being at a second elevation, the second elevation being below the first elevation;
- an elevated water tower storage system fluidly coupled to the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system configured to receive and store water from the water mattress system, the elevated water tower storage system being at a third elevation, the third elevation being at or below the second elevation;
- a water distribution system fluidly coupled to the elevated water tower storage system, the water distribution system configured to receive water from the elevated water tower storage system and distribute the water to a predetermined location;
- a plurality of longitudinal members disposed in a crossing pattern such that base ends of the plurality of longitudinal members are spaced apart and top ends of the plurality of longitudinal members are generally spaced a distance less than the base ends, an intermediate portion of the plurality of longitudinal members generally contacts and are joined to form a tripod or teepee type configuration;
- wherein the elevated water tower storage system having a water bag system configured to receive water from water mattress system and selectively dispense water to the water distribution system and a water tower structure configured to support water bag system at the third elevation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.