Water conservation and distribution system
First Claim
1. A waste conservation and soil irrigation system comprising a building having a rain downspout, a perforated inflow pipe fluidly coupled to the rain downspout and a catch basin fluidly coupled to the perforated inflow pipe and a perforated outflow pipe fluidly coupled to the catch basin, a trench having a bottom being formed in the soil, the perforated inflow pipe being at the bottom of said trench, the catch basin having a solid bottom, the catch basin being located between the perforated inflow pipe and the perforated outflow pipe and the catch basin coupling the perforated inflow pipe and the perforated outflow pipe, the perforated outflow pipe also being located at the bottom of the trench, crushed rock partly filling said trench, said crushed rock at least covering said perforated pipe, a water impermeable barrier over said crushed rock, and soil over said barrier and filling the balance of said trench.
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Abstract
Rainwater collected from roof gutters is poured into the vertical portion of an “ell” shaped perforated drainage pipe. The horizontal leaching pipe portion of the drainage pipe discharges the rainwater into a catch basin. Water from the catch basin flows into another perforated leaching pipe that is set in the bottom of a trench. In turn, the lower part of the trench is filled with crushed rock to a height of about three quarters of the trench depth. A water impermeable barrier of asphalt shingles or thirty pound asphalt roofing felt is placed over the top of the crushed rock and the balance of the trench is filled with soil up to the ground level.
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17 Claims
- 1. A waste conservation and soil irrigation system comprising a building having a rain downspout, a perforated inflow pipe fluidly coupled to the rain downspout and a catch basin fluidly coupled to the perforated inflow pipe and a perforated outflow pipe fluidly coupled to the catch basin, a trench having a bottom being formed in the soil, the perforated inflow pipe being at the bottom of said trench, the catch basin having a solid bottom, the catch basin being located between the perforated inflow pipe and the perforated outflow pipe and the catch basin coupling the perforated inflow pipe and the perforated outflow pipe, the perforated outflow pipe also being located at the bottom of the trench, crushed rock partly filling said trench, said crushed rock at least covering said perforated pipe, a water impermeable barrier over said crushed rock, and soil over said barrier and filling the balance of said trench.
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- 14. A water conservation and soil irrigation system comprising a trench formed in the soil to a depth of twelve inches and a width of sixteen inches, a perforated inflow pipe at the bottom of said trench, crushed rock partly filling said trench to about three quarters of the depth of said trench, a water impermeable barrier over said crushed rock to form a water impermeable barrier for said crushed rock, a catch basin in fluid communication with said perforated inflow pipe, said catch basin being about eighteen inches long, about sixteen inches wide and about eighteen inches high, an ell on said perforated inflow pipe for establishing said fluid communication between said perforated inflow pipe and said catch basin, a movable covering over said catch basin, a horizontal leaching perforated outflow pipe protruding into said catch basin to establish further fluid communication with said catch basin, a vertical leaching pipe portion in fluid communication with said horizontal leaching perforated outflow pipe, and a leaching pipe inspection and maintenance portion intersecting said vertical leaching pipe portion.
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17. A method for constructing a water conservation and soil irrigation system comprising the steps of digging a trench, laying a perforated inflow pipe in the bottom of said trench, fluidly connecting a catch basin having a solid bottom to the perforated inflow pipe and fluidly connecting a perforated outflow pipe to the catch basin, setting the pipes so that water leaches along the lengths of the perforated portion of the inflow pipe and the perforated portion of the outflow pipe, filling partly said trench with crushed rock, placing a water impermeable barrier over said crushed rock and filling the balance of said trench with soil.
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