Patent ID: 8505491

Claim:
A water delivery system for supplying drinking water to multiple shipping containers on a shipping vessel comprising: a. at least two shipping containers, each shipping container adapted for transporting livestock, wherein the interior of each shipping container comprises a substantially vertical sidewall space in the interior of the shipping container and a substantially horizontal overhead space in the interior of the shipping container, and wherein at least one boundary of the substantially vertical sidewall space is formed from a vertical partition that comprises a series of vertical spaced members spaced to provide livestock access to at least one water bowl in the substantially vertical sidewall space, and wherein each shipping container further comprises a horizontal catwalk mounted on the vertical spaced members above the at least one water bowl in the substantially vertical sidewall space; b. a ballast tank in the shipping vessel having drinking water stored therein; c. a ballast pump in communication with the ballast tank; d. an intermediate water storage tank which receives drinking water pumped from the ballast tank by the ballast pump; e. at least one delivery line providing communication between each shipping container and the intermediate water tank for continuously supplying water to the at least one water bowl in each shipping container; f. a circulation pump for continuously circulating drinking water through the at least one delivery line; and g. a return line for returning circulated water from the shipping containers to the intermediate tank.