Patent ID: 6355160
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: C02F,E03B,E03D,Y02A,Y10T

Abstract:
A gray-water reclamation and reuse system, said system comprising:a reservoir, said reservoir being adapted to treat gray-water, said reservoir having an intake pipe, an outlet pipe and an overflow pipe; an inlet for supplying gray-water to said reservoir, said inlet being fluidly coupled to said intake pipe; a filtering means for filtering said gray-water, said filtering means being fluidly coupled to said outlet pipe, said gray-water being filtered through said filter such that said filtered water is defined as processed gray-water; a pumping means for drawing said gray-water through said filtering means, said pumping means being fluidly coupled to said filtering means by a pipe; and a first valve for controlling flow of said processed gray-water from said pumping means, said first valve having a first end, a second end and middle section, said first end being fluidly coupled to said pumping means by a pipe, said second end being fluidly coupled to a fresh water inlet, a middle section of said first valve being fluidly coupled to a processed gray-water outlet, said first valve having a first and second plug therein, said first plug being positioned between said first end and said middle section, said second plug being positioned between said second end and said middle section, said first valve having a water pressure sensing means therein for detecting a loss of water pressure, said water pressure sensing means being generally adjacent to said first end of said valve, said first valve having an actuating means therein for moving said second plug between an open and a closed position, said actuating means being a solenoid, said solenoid being operationally coupled to said water pressure sensing means, wherein if the pressure of said processed gray-water falls said solenoid will open said second plug such that water from said fresh water inlet may enter said processed gray-water outlet.