Patent ID: 8141584
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: E03B,Y02A,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water collection, storage, and distribution system comprising a plurality of storage tanks arranged in series, each storage tank having: a. primary inlet connected to a water source for receiving water from the water source; b. a secondary inlet for receiving water from an upstream storage tank, if an upstream storage tank is present; c. a primary outlet for connection to the secondary inlet of a downstream storage tank, if a downstream storage tank is present, or for connection to a water utilization system, if a downstream storage tank is absent; d. an alternate outlet; e. a pump for pumping water from the storage tank to either the primary outlet or the alternate outlet; f. a water level sensor for measuring the level of water in the storage tank and producing a water level signal for each storage tank; and g. a microprocessor associated with each storage tank for receiving the water level signal, wherein the microprocessors associated with each storage tank are connected together so that each microprocessor can determine the water level in its connected storage tank and determine the water level of the next downstream storage tank and thereby activate the pump to pump water through the primary outlet to the next downstream storage tank or, if the next downstream storage tank is not full, to activate the pump to pump the water from the storage tank through the alternate outlet if the downstream storage tank is full.