Methods and Systems for Monitoring, Controlling, and Recording Performance of a Storm Water Runoff Network

• US 20110307106A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 12/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RainBank, Inc.
• Original Assignee: RainBank, Inc.
• Inventors: Dutt, Kevin Charles, Eggleston, John Randolph
• Application Number:
  US13/159,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20110307106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/282
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 7/00 Other installations or implements for operating sewer systems, e.g. for preventing or indicating stoppage; Emptying cesspools

Abstract

A method for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network includes receiving, by a storm water management component, environmental data associated with a storage node. The method includes analyzing, by the storm water management component, the received environmental data. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, an operation of the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a valve in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a pump in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a gate in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

Claims

1. A method for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network comprises:

receiving, by a storm water management component, environmental data associated with a storage node;

analyzing, by the storm water management component, the received environmental data; and

modifying, by the storm water management component, an operation of the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving, by the storm water management component, operational data associated with the storage node.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising analyzing, by the storm water management component, the received environmental data and the received operational data.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a valve in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a pump in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a gate in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

7. A system for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network, the system comprising:

a communications module executing on a computing device and receiving environmental data associated with a storage node;

an analysis engine executing on the computing device, analyzing the received environmental data and identifying a setting for the storage node; and

a command module executing on the computing device and directing the execution of a command to set the storage node to the identified setting responsive to the analysis.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising a reporting component generating a report satisfying an environmental regulatory requirement.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the communications module further comprises a transmitter sending, to the storage node, the generated command for execution.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the communications module further comprises means for receiving, from at least one of the storage node and a second computing device, environmental data associated with the storage node.

11. A system for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network, the system comprising:

a storage node storing runoff and comprising at least one monitoring sensor collecting environmental data associated with the storage node and a controller executing a command to operate the storage node; and

a storm water management component executing on a computing device, receiving, from the at least one monitoring sensor, the collected environmental data, analyzing the received data, and modifying an operation of at least one of the storage node and the at least one monitoring sensor, responsive to the analysis.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the storage node further comprises a communications module in communication with the controller and with the storm water management component and receiving, from the storm water management component, a command to modify the operation of at least one of the storage node and the at least one monitoring sensor, and transmitting the command to the controller for execution.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the storage node further comprises a communications module in communication with the at least one monitoring sensor and the storm water management component, receiving from the at least one monitoring sensor the collected environmental data, and transmitting the collected environmental data to the storm water management component.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one monitoring sensor further comprises a sensor detecting conditions associated with water in the storage node.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one monitoring sensor further comprises means for identifying at least one of a level of water in the storage node, a level of quality of water in the storage node, a water quality characteristic, a pumping rate of the storage node, a valve position of the storage node, and an electrical power status of the storage node.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one monitoring sensor further comprises means for collecting operational data associated with the storage node.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller further comprises means for distributing water from the storage node.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller further comprises means for collecting water in the storage node.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the storm water management component further comprises means for receiving operational data from the storage node.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the storm water management component further comprises a receiver receiving, from a second computing device, a second environmental data associated with the storage node.