US 2020/0002199 A1 · Water Flow Triggering of Chlorination Treatment

Abstract

As an example embodiment, a system may detect water flow in a well water system and may responsively trigger a pump to inject a chlorinating substance into untreated water from the well. Further, the system may include a contact reservoir that allows the water and the chlorinating substance to combine. In this way, the chlorinating substance is drawn only when needed, but is given the opportunity to achieve time in solution with the untreated water. As a result, bacteria in untreated water may be dispatched, while other organic substances in the untreated water are given the opportunity to settle to the bottom of the contact reservoir. A static mixer may be used to mix the chlorinating substance and the untreated water prior to entering the contact reservoir and/or while in the contact reservoir.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a pump, coupled to a unit of piping, configured to inject a chlorinating substance into the unit of piping when remotely triggered;
a contact reservoir, coupled to the unit of piping, configured to receive water and the chlorinating substance therefrom, and to combine the water and the chlorinating substance to produce a solution therefrom;
and
a flow valve, coupled to the contact reservoir and electronically coupled to the pump, configured to:
sense a flow of the solution from the contact reservoir;
and
in response to sensing the flow of the solution, generate and transmit to the pump an electronic control signal by way of a triggering line that remotely triggers the pump to inject the chlorinating substance into the unit of piping.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Water Flow Triggering of Chlorination Treatment

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Abstract

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