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

Claim 3:
4. 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 primary weir for managing water flow through a natural or artificial main channel, the primary weir spanning the main channel and comprising one or more movable panels and one or more sluices, each sluice comprising a gate,
(b) a detention pond adjacent to the main channel and communicating with the main channel via a pond channel immediately upstream of the primary weir
(c) detention weir for managing water flow through the pond channel, the detention weir spanning the pond channel and comprising one or more movable panels and one or more sluices, each sluice comprising a gate,
(d) one or more drains configured to drain water from the detention pond into the main channel,
(e) a plurality of sensors, and
(f) an automatic control system,
wherein 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 panels of the primary weir, the one or more gates of the sluices of the primary weir, the one or more panels of the detention weir, and the one or more gates of the sluices of the detention weir in response to the inputs to manage surface water flow in a manner calculated to reduce flooding in the geographic region;

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