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Anti-terrorism water quality monitoring system

  • US 8,504,305 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2010
  • Issued: 08/06/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An anti-terrorism monitoring system that provides for the remote monitoring of a potable water treatment system and associated potable water distribution system which is positioned downstream from the potable water treatment system and is configured to distribute water treated by the potable water treatment system to a potable water consumer, said monitoring system being configured to:

  • (a) access raw operating and performance data from one or more sensors positioned within the potable water treatment system and from one or more sensors positioned within the potable water distribution system;

    (b) transmit said stored raw data via the world wide web using transmission methods to a remotely located Internet server computer;

    (c) store said raw data remotely;

    (d) determine a selected performance parameter within said potable water treatment system based on the raw data obtained from said one or more sensors positioned within the water treatment system;

    (e) determine a corresponding selected performance parameter within said potable water distribution system based on the raw data obtained from said one or more sensors positioned within the water distribution system;

    (f) compare the selected performance parameters within said potable water treatment system with the selected performance parameters within said portable water distribution system to produce a comparison result; and

    (g) generate an alarm signal if the comparison result exceeds a predetermined threshold.

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