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US 12,378,758 B2Granted
Septic system including control and monitoring system
AssigneeAlderon Industries, LLC
InventorRobert Gordon Klabunde
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Abstract
A method of operating a septic system to facilitate maintenance and avoid damage to property and/or the environment. A septic system that collects and monitors data to provide information to a user about the nature of a problem condition, or to warn a user of potential problems in advance, or to recommend courses of action to avoid costly repairs, or property damage, or damage to the environment.
Claims10
A septic system comprising:
- a septic tank configured to receive sewage from a structure;
- an effluent receiving area;
- a pump configured to move the sewage from the septic tank to the effluent receiving area;
- and
- a control and monitoring system configured to:
- operate the pump to begin pumping the sewage from the septic tank to the effluent receiving area when a fluid level in the septic tank reaches an upper pump level setting, and continue pumping until the fluid level in the septic tank falls to a lower pump level setting, at which point pumping is discontinued;
- measure one or more performance metrics comprising at least one of the following:
- an elapsed time of pumping from the upper pump level setting to the lower pump level setting;
- and
- a number of events of pumping from the upper pump level setting to the lower pump level setting;
- and
- alert a user of a condition of the septic system based on the one or more performance metrics exceeding a predetermined setting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.