Patent ID: 7865270

Claim:
Apparatus for monitoring and controlling an individual wastewater treatment installation including wastewater treatment equipment arranged to treat wastewater of a residence or other building, said equipment subject to equipment malfunctions of both a sustained condition in which a current exceeds a set point and an open circuit condition, said equipment malfunctions affecting an ability of the equipment to treat the wastewater, comprising: circuitry for controlling and monitoring said wastewater treatment equipment, and notifying a remote monitor at a location remote from said individual wastewater treatment installation when said equipment malfunctions, wherein said circuitry is arranged to: a. detect said equipment malfunction; b. after detecting the equipment malfunction, initially activate a local alarm and cut-off power to said equipment; c. subsequently restart said equipment to determine whether said malfunction persists; and d. upon detection that said malfunction persists for a predetermined period, activate a telemetry device and notify said remote monitor of the malfunction.