Patent ID: 11898317
Assignee: RSA PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  G | IPC E

Claim 6:
7. A coordinated system for managing surface water flow within a geographic region, comprising:
a plurality of integrated systems for managing the surface water flow, each integrated system separately comprising
(a) a detention pond adjacent to a main channel and communicating with the main channel via a pond channel,
(b) a detention weir for managing water flow through the pond channel, the detention weir spanning the pond channel and comprising one or more movable panels, each movable panel being associated with a respective opening in the detention weir and configured to move vertically between a first position in which the panel prevents water from flowing through the respective opening and a second position, above the first position, in which the panel does not hinder water flowing through the respective opening,
(c) for each of the movable panels, a respective motor coupled to the movable panel to move the panel from the first position to the second position,
(d) one or more egress pumps to move water from the detention pond to the main channel,
(e) one or more ingress pumps to move water from the main channel to the detention pond,
(f) a sump, wherein
(i) each ingress pump comprises a respective intake,
(ii) each intake is located within the sump,
(iii) at least one of the egress pumps is a screw pump having a capacity of at least ten thousand gallons of water per minute, and
(iv) at least one of the ingress pumps is a screw pump having a capacity of at least ten thousand gallons of water per minute,

(g) a plurality of sensors and an automatic control system, wherein
(i) the automatic control system is configured to receive inputs from the plurality of sensors and to control independently of human input the one or more movable panels of the detention weir, the one or more ingress pumps, and the one or more egress pumps in response to the inputs to manage surface water flow in a manner calculated to reduce flooding in the geographic region,
(ii) the plurality of sensors comprises a plurality of water level sensors, a plurality of water flow rate sensors, and a plurality of rain gauges,
(iii) the plurality of water level sensors comprises a first plurality of water level sensors in the immediate area of the primary weir and the detention pond and a second plurality of water level sensors in the region but not in the immediate area of the primary weir and the detention pond, and
(iv) the automatic control system comprises a machine learning model and is programmed to have
(A) a training mode wherein the machine learning model is trained on relationships among the inputs and the configuration of the one or more movable panels of the detention weir, one or more operational parameters of the one or more ingress pumps, and one or more operational parameters of one or more egress pumps, and
(B) an operation mode wherein the automatic control system, based on the inputs from the plurality of sensors and the machine learning model, controls independently of human input the one or more movable panels of the detention weir, one or more of the operational parameters of the one or more ingress pumps, and one or more of the operational parameters of one or more egress pumps in response to the inputs to manage surface water flow in a manner calculated to reduce flooding in the geographic region;

wherein:
(a) a single main channel is common to all of the integrated systems,
(b) each of the integrated systems comprises a pond channel, detention pond, and detention weir specific to the integrated system and not shared by any other of the integrated systems, and
(c) a single automatic control system is common to all of the integrated systems.