System for monitoring discharges into a waste water collection system
First Claim
1. A system for predicting water characteristics at a water facility, the water facility being located geographically downstream from a water monitoring location, the water flowing between the water monitoring location and the water facility, the system comprising:
- a sensor assembly disposed at the water monitoring location and configured to generate sensor data relating to a flow rate and a composition of the water present at the water monitoring location;
transmission means configured to transmit the sensor data from the sensor assembly to an analyzing unit,the analyzing unit being configured to analyze the sensor data and determine therefrom the flow rate and the composition of the water present at the water monitoring location; and
an Internet server computer configured to receive the analyzed sensor data from the analyzing unit,the Internet server computer including a processor and a software program stored in a memory of the Internet server computer, the Internet server computer further including a plurality of instruction interpretable by the processor such that the software program causes the Internet server computer to;
receive the analyzed sensor data from the analyzing unit; and
predict the composition and the flow rate of the water present at the water facility based on the composition and flow rate of the water at the water monitoring location and based on a known flow pattern of the water between said water monitoring location and said water facility, the known flow pattern being stored in the memory of the Internet server computer,wherein said analyzing unit is in communication with or is integral with said Internet server computer.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the composition and flow rate of wastes discharged from industrial waste water treatment facilities into a common collection system for eventual processing at central waste water treatment plant (WWTP). The information is transmitted to a remote computer and stored in a database, and is then analyzed to prepare reports of particular interest to the receiving WWTP or treatment facility. The system includes a data collection and sending unit, a remote Internet Server computer with a database capable of receiving and storing the collected information, and a web server and reporting unit to analyze the data, prepare reports, and send out alarms. It is a further intention of this invention to correlate the incoming data from said industrial waste water treatment plants with known flows and compositions at said central WWTP to predict the flow and composition of influx water at the WWTP.
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1. A system for predicting water characteristics at a water facility, the water facility being located geographically downstream from a water monitoring location, the water flowing between the water monitoring location and the water facility, the system comprising:
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a sensor assembly disposed at the water monitoring location and configured to generate sensor data relating to a flow rate and a composition of the water present at the water monitoring location; transmission means configured to transmit the sensor data from the sensor assembly to an analyzing unit, the analyzing unit being configured to analyze the sensor data and determine therefrom the flow rate and the composition of the water present at the water monitoring location; and an Internet server computer configured to receive the analyzed sensor data from the analyzing unit, the Internet server computer including a processor and a software program stored in a memory of the Internet server computer, the Internet server computer further including a plurality of instruction interpretable by the processor such that the software program causes the Internet server computer to; receive the analyzed sensor data from the analyzing unit; and predict the composition and the flow rate of the water present at the water facility based on the composition and flow rate of the water at the water monitoring location and based on a known flow pattern of the water between said water monitoring location and said water facility, the known flow pattern being stored in the memory of the Internet server computer, wherein said analyzing unit is in communication with or is integral with said Internet server computer. - 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)
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27. An apparatus for predicting water characteristics at a water facility geographically downstream of a water monitoring location, the water flowing between the water monitoring location and the water facility, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensor assembly disposed at the water monitoring location and configured to generate sensor data relating to flow rate and composition of the water present at the water monitoring location; transmission means configured to transmit the sensor data from the sensor assembly to an analyzing unit; the analyzing unit being configured to analyze the sensor data and determine therefrom the flow rate and the composition of the water present at the water monitoring location; and a computer processing device configured to receive the analyzed sensor data from the analyzing unit, the computer processing device including a processor and a software program stored in a memory of the computer processing device, the computer processing device further including a plurality of instruction interpretable by the processor such that the software program causes the computer processing device to; receive the sensor data from the analyzing unit; and predict a characteristic of the water present at the water facility located downstream of the water monitoring location based on the flow rate and the composition of the water present at the water monitoring location and based on a known flow pattern of the water between the water monitoring location and the water facility, the known flow pattern being stored in the memory of the computer processing device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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