Portable excess water usage control and alarm system

A portable system to monitor, control, and provide an alarm for excessive use of an inlet water supply though an inlet pipe from a water source under pressure, comprising:

• a measuring means for providing measurements of volume of inlet water per unit time connected to said inlet water supply, said measuring means including a rotatable impeller, a timer, and an electronic counter;
• a processor connected to said measuring means;
• a central control box housing said processor, said box having an interior and an exterior;
• a first input means connected to said processor and mounted on the exterior of said control box for inputting information into said processor;
• a second input means connected to said processor and mounted on the interior of said control box for inputting information into said processor;
• a triggering circuit means connected to said processor for providing an output signal;
• a computer program internal to said processor for excepting an input value from said first and second input means, of a predetermined threshold value of water volume per unit time, and excepting measurements from said measurement means, accumulating and manipulating said measurements, comparing said input and said accumulated and manipulated measurements, and actuating the output signal of said triggering circuit means when the accumulated and manipulated measurements exceed the input value;
• telephone dialer connected to said alarm circuit means for connecting to a typical home telephone system for dialing preselected telephone numbers whenever said output signal is received from said circuit means;
• an audio alarm means connected to said triggering circuit means for providing an audio alarm whenever said output signal is received from said triggering circuit means;
• a visual alarm for providing a visual alarm whenever said output signal is received from said triggering circuit means;
• a shutoff valve connected to said inlet pipe, said shutoff valve electrically operated and controlled by said processor when the volume per unit time has exceeded an inputted shut off value;
• a display means connected to said processor and mounted on said exterior of said control box for displaying values manipulated by said program, said display means controllable from said first input means;
• a plug connected at a first end in series to said processor and said telephone dialer, said plug having a second end for supplying power from a conventional 110-volt AC power source;
• and
• a transformer means juxtaposed near said first end and said second end of the plug for providing a low voltage power supply to said processor and said telephone dialer;
• whereby said processor can be programmed for predetermined unit time increments, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly, and predetermined volumes per increments of unit time that establishes a threshold value which, when exceeded, activates said triggering circuit means.