Water treatment device with volumetric monitoring features

An end-of-faucet filter for filtering water flowing through a faucet, said end-of-faucet filter comprising:

• a housing having an inlet aperture for attachment to the faucet, an outlet aperture, a channel extending between said inlet and outlet apertures, and a filter positioned in said channel to filter water flowing therethrough;
• a flow reactive device positioned in the channel and exposed to the flowing water;
• a signal generating member positioned on the flow reactive device;
• a sensor positioned proximate to the flow reactive device, and being sensitive to the movement of the signal generating member, the sensor able to communicate electric signals indicative of the motion of the signal generating member;
• a resettable microcontroller having an output device, and a first and second performance threshold programmed therein, the microcontroller in electrical communication with the switch for receiving electrical signals from the switch, wherein said switch senses the characteristics of the flow reactive device and communicates electrical signals representative of the characteristics to the microcontroller, the microcontroller interpreting the signals as a first performance data, the microcontroller also having a time counter for totaling the time lapse since the microcontroller was last reset, the microcontroller interpreting the time lapse as a second performance data, the microcontroller comparing the first performance data against the first performance threshold and the second performance data against the second performance threshold to determine if the respective performance threshold has been surpassed, and when surpassed actuating the output device.

An end-of-faucet filter for filtering water flowing through a faucet, said end-of-faucet filter comprising:

• a housing having an inlet aperture for attachment to the faucet, an outlet aperture, a channel extending between said inlet and outlet apertures, and a filter positioned in said channel to filter water flowing therethrough;
• a turbine rotatable about an axis, and having a plurality of blades, each blade having a distal end, the turbine being in the channel and exposed to the flowing water;
• a magnetic member positioned in the distal end of one of the blades;
• a sensor positioned proximately to said turbine, and being sensitive to the movement of the magnetic member, the sensor able to communicate electric signals indicative of the motion of the magnetic member;
• a microcontroller in electrical communication with the sensor for receiving electrical signals from the sensor, the microcontroller interpreting the signals as performance data, the microcontroller having an output device, wherein said sensor senses the rotation of the turbine and communicates electrical signals representative of the rotation to the microcontroller, the microcontroller interpreting the representative electrical signals and actuating the output device.

An end-of-faucet filter for filtering water flowing through a faucet, said end-of-faucet filter comprising:

• a housing having an inlet aperture for attachment to the faucet, an outlet aperture, a channel extending between said inlet and outlet apertures, and a filter positioned in said channel to filter water flowing therethrough;
• a turbine rotatably positioned in the channel and exposed to the flowing water;
• a signal generating member positioned on the turbine;
• a sensor positioned proximately to the flow reactive device, and being sensitive to the motion of the signal generating member, the sensor generating a flow signal corresponding to water flow in the channel;
• a controller, having a plurality of thresholds programmed therein, receiving the flow signal and comparing the flow signal to each of the plurality of thresholds;
• an output device in communication with said controller and capable of providing a plurality of output signals;
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• said controller actuating said output device to provide the appropriate output signal determined by the achieved threshold.