System, method, and apparatus for end-to-end control of water quality
OwnerBernard Frankinventor
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Abstract
A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer, which may be at the point of entry, and/or between the point of entry and point of use, and/or at the point of use. The method includes treating the water and delivering the water to the consumer at the point of delivery, filtering/ purifying the water at the point of delivery, monitoring water quality at the point of delivery, and reporting water quality at the point of delivery to the water system operator over a network.
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A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of use proximate a consumer and outside of a water distribution system of the water system operator, comprising:
- collecting water quality data at the point of use proximate the consumer and outside of the water distribution system of the water system operator;
- by installing one or more water filter/purification housing, the housing containing monitoring equipment comprising a plurality of sensors for monitoring the water quality data for water supplied to the housing;
- the monitoring equipment adapted to communicate the water quality data to a distributor;
- said water filter/purification housing containing disposable, customized filters proximate a consumer's point-of-use, the customized filters selected according to the water quality data;
- treating water with said customized filters;
- predicting a time for a consumer to change said customized filters from the water quality data;
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- receiving replacement customized filters from the distributor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.