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US 4,934,404 AGranted
Water management system
OwnerGerard DeStefanoinventor
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Abstract
A water management system is disclosed including a receptacle that is mounted to the roof of a building for collecting water runoff from the roof. There is an underground reservoir and a first conduit interconnects the receptacle and the reservoir for conducting runoff from the receptacle to the reservoir for storage therein. A second conduit is connected to the reservoir forming an outlet therefrom. The stored water is pumped out of the reservoir to the second conduit and is dispensed to irrigate a predetermined region.
Claims11
A water management system comprising;
- receptacle means mounted to the roof of a building for collecting water runoff from said roof;
- reservoir means disposed entirely underground and including permanently enclosed storage tank having fixed upper, lower and side walls that define a predetermined storage volume;
- first conduit means interconnecting said receptacle means and said reservoir means for conducting said water runoff from said receptacle means to said reservoir means for said storage therein;
- second conduit means connected to said reservoir means for forming an outlet therefrom;
- means for pumping stored water out of said reservoir means through said second conduit means;
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- means connected to said second conduit means downstream of said reservoir means and disposed above ground for dispensing the pumped water to irrigate a predetermined region.
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