Patent ID: 7075443
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
1. A control panel apparatus for a wastewater system comprising: a housing, wherein the housing includes a nonconductive portion bounded by an inside surface located inside the housing and an outside surface located outside the housing; at least one processor mounted within the housing, wherein the at least one processor is adapted to receive at least one condition signal representative of a condition associated with a reservoir; at least one alarm output device in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operative responsive to the at least one condition signal to cause the at least one alarm output device to output an alarm signal; a sensor in operative connection with the processor and mounted adjacent the inside surface of the portion of the housing, wherein the sensor is operative to have a change in capacitance in response to the presence of a portion of a human body positioned adjacent the outside surface of the portion of the housing, wherein the processor is responsive to the change in capacitance of the sensor to cause the at least one alarm output device to at least temporarily silence the output of the alarm signal.