Detection of contamination of municipal water distribution systems
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1. An apparatus for the detection of contaminates of a fluid in a conduit, the conduit being part of a fluid distribution system, comprising:
- a chemical or biological sensor array connected to the conduit, said sensor array producing an acoustic signal burst in the fluid upon detection of contaminates in the fluid; and
a a supervisory control system connected to the fluid and operatively connected to the fluid distribution system, that signals the fluid distribution system upon detection of the contaminates in the fluid.
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Abstract
A system for the detection of contaminates of a fluid in a conduit. The conduit is part of a fluid distribution system. A chemical or biological sensor array is connected to the conduit. The sensor array produces an acoustic signal burst in the fluid upon detection of contaminates in the fluid. A supervisory control system connected to the fluid and operatively connected to the fluid distribution system signals the fluid distribution system upon detection of contaminates in the fluid.
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1. An apparatus for the detection of contaminates of a fluid in a conduit, the conduit being part of a fluid distribution system, comprising:
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a chemical or biological sensor array connected to the conduit, said sensor array producing an acoustic signal burst in the fluid upon detection of contaminates in the fluid; and
aa supervisory control system connected to the fluid and operatively connected to the fluid distribution system, that signals the fluid distribution system upon detection of the contaminates in the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. An apparatus for the detection of contaminates of a fluid in a pipe, the pipe being part of a fluid distribution system, comprising:
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sensor means connected to the pipe for producing an acoustic signal burst in the fluid upon detection of contaminates in the fluid; and
asupervisory control means connected the fluid and operatively connected to the fluid distribution system for signaling the fluid distribution system upon detection of the contaminates in the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
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56. A method of detecting of contaminates of a fluid in a pipe wherein the pipe is part of a fluid distribution system, comprising the steps of:
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sensing contaminates in the fluid in the pipe, producing an acoustic signal in the fluid in the pipe upon the sensing of contaminates in the fluid in the pipe, receiving said acoustic signal in the fluid in the pipe, and signaling the fluid distribution system upon receiving said acoustic signal indicating said sensing of the contaminates in the fluid. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59)
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