US 12,402,578 B2
Method and system for treating irrigation water
Mark Meyer, Fox Point, WI (US); and George Rihovsky, San Clemente, CA (US)
Assigned to FLOW-TECH SYSTEMS, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by Flow-Tech Systems, LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,535.
Application 17/856,535 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/018,651, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,375,676.
Application 17/018,651 is a continuation of application No. 16/229,909, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,798,887, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/749,849, filed on Oct. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330498 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01G 25/00 (2006.01); A01G 7/04 (2006.01); A01G 25/02 (2006.01); A01G 25/09 (2006.01); C02F 1/48 (2023.01)
CPC A01G 25/00 (2013.01) [A01G 7/04 (2013.01); A01G 25/02 (2013.01); A01G 25/092 (2013.01); C02F 1/487 (2013.01); C02F 2201/486 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for reducing the soil salinity within a root zone of a crop, the method comprising:
treating irrigation water flowing through an irrigation system comprising an arrangement of conduits by introducing an electromagnetic signal into the irrigation water, introducing the electromagnetic signal into the irrigation water comprising:
generating a radio frequency signal, and
injecting the signal into the irrigation water through an operative connection between a first terminal of an electrical circuit and a conduit of the irrigation system containing the irrigation water,
wherein a second terminal of the electrical circuit is operably connected to ground to balance a load presented by the irrigation system,
wherein an electromagnetic field propagates throughout the water within the arrangement of conduits, and
wherein the treatment causes a reduction in the surface tension of the water, and
irrigating a field containing a crop with the treated irrigation water, thereby causing soil within a root zone of the crop to undergo a reduction in salinity.