Patent ID: 7404899

Claim:
A process for irrigation of man-made landscaped areas, which consists of: (a) procuring a supply of reclaimed water, and procuring a sample selected from the group consisting of: said reclaimed water; soil containing said reclaimed water; and combinations of both; (b) subjecting said sample to a plurality monitors and testing said sample with said plurality of monitors to obtain a plurality of test results for water quality characteristics, including: (a) pH; (ii) residual chlorine; and, (iii) sodium; (c) inputting said test results to a computerized data handling system for data collection, storage and analysis for comparison to predetermined acceptable ranges for each of said water quality characteristics, and providing feedback to show any water quality characteristic deviating from said acceptable ranges; (d) providing a dechlorination system to said supply of reclaimed water for treating said supply of reclaimed water with a dechlorination agent to maintain a level of residual chlorine below a predetermined maximum of said predetermined acceptable range, and activating said dechlorination system in response to feedback from said computerized data handling system when showing deviation from said predetermined acceptable range for residual chlorine; (e) subjecting at least a portion of said supply of reclaimed water to treatment for removal of at least a portion of dissolved solid salts to generate reduced salt reclaimed water wherein said removal is performed with a reverse osmosis system wherein said reverse osmosis system is utilized to maintain a level of sodium below a predetermined level based on said predetermined acceptable range for sodium, and controlling said reverse osmosis system in response to said feedback from said computerized data handling when showing said deviation from said predetermined acceptable range for sodium; and, (f) irrigating a man-made landscaped area with said supply of reclaimed water which has been processed in accordance with the preceding steps by feeding said supply of reclaimed water to said man-made landscaped area via an underground-based irrigation system.