US 12,392,116 B2
Method and system for extracting water with consideration of the recharge rate and other factors to protect the aquifer
Ofer Tenenbaum, Napa, CA (US); George Stuart Richmond, Fairfield, CA (US); Dana Myers, Fairfield, CA (US); Andrew James Emerick, Pasadena, CA (US); and Mahdad Talebpour, Corvallis, OR (US)
Assigned to LAMARR, INC., Fairfield, CA (US)
Filed by Ofer Tenenbaum, Napa, CA (US); George Stuart Richmond, Fairfield, CA (US); Dana Myers, Fairfield, CA (US); Andrew James Emerick, Pasadena, CA (US); and Mahdad Talebpour, Corvallis, OR (US)
Filed on May 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/197,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/344,306, filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0374759 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E02B 3/08 (2006.01); E03B 3/06 (2006.01); E03B 5/06 (2006.01); H04L 67/125 (2022.01)
CPC E03B 3/06 (2013.01) [E03B 5/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water extraction system comprising:
a water well coupled to an aquifer and having water at a water level that fluctuates over time and use, the water in the water well refilling at a recharge rate from the aquifer;
a distribution line in communication between the water well and a use element;
a pump coupled to the water well for moving water from the water well through the distribution line to the use element at a pump rate;
a well sensor coupled to the well for periodic measuring of the water level to collect water level data;
a well sensor mote wirelessly coupled, using a communication protocol, between the well sensor and a server for uploading collected water level data to the server;
a communication device coupled to the server;
an application carried by one of the server and the communication device to calculate the rate of recharge of the well from the collected water level data; and
a pumping strategy developed by the application using the recharge rate to determine an altered pump rate.