# US 2014/0195174 A1 · Well water and aquifer quality measurement and analysis system

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- Number: US 2014/0195174 A1
- Document ID: US20140195174A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/147,014
- Filed: 2014-01-03
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: David W. Machuga; John Francis Vontran; Matthew Thomas Poch
- Inventors: David W. Machuga
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195174A1

## CPC

- G01N 33/1886: {using probes, e.g. submersible probes, buoys}
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## Abstract

Understanding the well water depth and aquifer quality is a challenging problem. With water demands increasing, a system that can both provide the local well user with critical information to protect their well and use this data to give a broader understanding of the water system is disclosed. The system provides four (4) basic functions: 1) to measure the level of water in one or more wells; 2) process the high resolution raw data to obtain a derived measure of well depth, draw down and refill times (transmissivity and storage coefficients); 3) transmit data to a local processing unit using existing wiring or wirelessly; and 4) transmit data to a shared processing unit or a network for local water reserves and broader data analysis on overall regional aquifer quality and trends for environmental impacts.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for monitoring water well status and controlling water well usage, comprising:
a sensor configured to collect well data,
a well data processing unit configured to calculate the well's storage coefficient and transmissivity; wherein said well data processing unit is communicatively connected to said sensor and configured to receive well data from said sensor and transmit said data; and
a local or shared data processing unit communicatively connected with at least one of said well data processing unit and sensor and configured to receive said well data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said data processing units is further configured to limit usage of the well based on the well's transmissivity and storage coefficient.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein at least one of said data processing units is further configured to allow a user to control usage of the well.

### Claim 4

A method for monitoring and controlling water wells, comprising:
collecting well data from a sensor;
transmitting the well data to at least one of a well data processing unit, a local processing unit, or a shared data processing unit;
determining the well storage coefficient and transmissivity based on the well data collected from the sensor; and
providing the well status data to a user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising enabling a user to control well usage based on the well's storage coefficient and transmissivity.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, further comprising limiting well usage based on storage coefficient and transmissivity.

### Claim 7

A system for monitoring multiple water wells and controlling water well usage, comprising:
at least two sensors configured to collect well data from at least two wells,
a well data processing unit configured to calculate the well's storage coefficient and transmissivity; wherein said well data processing unit is communicatively connected to said sensor and configured to receive well data from said sensor and transmit said data; and
a local or shared data processing unit communicatively connected with at least one of said well data processing unit and sensor and configured to receive said well data.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein at least one of the well data processing unit, local processing unit, and shared processing units is configured to calculate the each water well's status from said data.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein at least one of said data processing units is further configured to limit usage of at least one well based on the well's transmissivity and storage coefficient.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein at least one of said data processing units is further configured to allow a user to control usage of the well.