Patent ID: 7149701

Claim:
A method for determining regulatory compliance of a plurality of wastewater treatment systems, said plurality of wastewater treatment systems being installed at plurality of different locations, said wastewater treatment systems being serviced by at least one service company having at least one service personnel, there being at least one regulatory body for monitoring said plurality of wastewater treatment systems with respect to timely servicing of said plurality of wastewater treatment systems, and a third party which is an independent non-governmental entity, said method comprising: installing wastewater treatment equipment for each of said plurality of wastewater treatment systems, said plurality of wastewater treatment systems comprising a multitude of separately owned wastewater treatment systems at a multitude of different physical locations, each of said multitude of separately owned wastewater treatment systems requiring periodic inspections; installing with said wastewater treatment equipment at least one first sensor adapted for detecting abnormal operating conditions of said wastewater treatment equipment; installing with said wastewater treatment equipment at least one second sensor adapted for electronically detecting a physical presence of said at least one service personnel; providing at least one electronic storage by said third party; detecting abnormal operating conditions for at least one of said plurality of wastewater treatment equipment utilizing said at least one first sensor; upon said detecting of abnormal operating conditions, electronically notifying said at least one service company of said abnormal operating conditions; electronically detecting a physical presence of said at least one service personnel said plurality of wastewater treatment systems utilizing said at least one second sensor; upon said electronically detecting of said physical presence, electronically determining a date of said physical presence of said at least one service personnel; electronically storing said date of said physical presence in said at least one electronic storage; and accessing said at least one electronic storage and generating a report for said regulatory body, said report comprising said date associated with said physical presence.