Patent ID: 7182090

Claim:
An automated system for cleaning components of one or more water retaining devices, the system comprising: a first pump for controlling a flow of a cleaning agent from a source of the cleaning agent; a second pump for controlling a flow of water from a water source; a tank, coupled to the first pump and the second pump, for receiving the water from the first pump and the cleaning agent from the second pump to produce a diluted solution, and selectively dispensing the diluted solution at a desired pressure; a water retaining device that includes a plurality of components, the plurality of components including at least one water propulsion device, said water propulsion device including: a cover that includes a recessed interior surface terminating in a base, the base defining at least one aperture around a periphery thereof and further defining a water supply aperture positioned in a central portion thereof; a body that includes a recessed interior surface that accommodates an exterior surface of the cover when the body and the cover are mated together in an inter-fitting relation, the body terminating in a base that defines a water supply aperture positioned in a central portion thereof and substantially aligned with the water supply aperture in the base of the cover when the body and the cover are mated together, the base of the body further defining an inlet aperture to facilitate a flow of the diluted solution to surfaces of the cover and the body and to the at least one aperture in the periphery of the base of the cover to facilitate cleaning of at least the interior and exterior surfaces of the cover and the interior surface of the body; and an inlet connected to an exterior surface of the base of the body, the inlet defining an aperture to facilitate the flow of the diluted solution to the inlet aperture in the base of the body, the inlet being positioned such that the aperture of the inlet substantially aligns with the inlet aperture of the base of the body; at least one supply valve, coupled between the tank and the water retaining device, for controlling a flow of the diluted solution to the water retaining device; and control circuitry that controls operation of at least the first pump and the second pump in accordance with a procedure for cleaning the plurality of components of the water retaining device.