Patent ID: 7836760

Claim:
A fluid flow monitoring and analysis device structured for monitoring a fluid flow rate within a community sanitary or storm sewer collection network, the fluid flow monitoring and analysis device being removeably secured proximate to a manhole opening in the community sewer collection network, the fluid flow monitoring and analysis device comprising: a fastening mechanism secured proximate to the manhole opening in the sewer collection network; a rigid pole attached to the fastening mechanism; a flexible shaft moveable by the fluid flow, the flexible shaft including a stationary end fixedly attached to the rigid pole and a mobile end submerged in the fluid flow; and a data acquisition device disposed in the mobile end of the flexible shaft, the data acquisition device including an accelerometer for producing a tilt signal corresponding to an orientation of the accelerometer, a pressure sensor for producing a pressure signal corresponding to a fluid pressure exerted upon the pressure sensor, a data storage device for receiving and recording the pressure signal and tilt signal, and a data transmission device for transmitting the pressure signal and the tilt signal to a data reader.