US 12,486,184 B2
Systems and methods for water production, treatment, adjustment and storage
Cody Friesen, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Michael Robinson, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Joshua Peterson, Scottsdale, AZ (US); Jonathan Goldberg, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and G. Michael Ray, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to SOURCE Global, PBC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed by Source Global, PBC, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/961,484.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,847, filed on Oct. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0113840 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. C02F 1/00 (2023.01); B67D 7/76 (2010.01); C02F 1/66 (2023.01); C02F 1/78 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 1/78 (2013.01) [B67D 7/766 (2013.01); C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/66 (2013.01); C02F 2201/782 (2013.01); C02F 2209/001 (2013.01); C02F 2209/006 (2013.01); C02F 2209/06 (2013.01); C02F 2209/23 (2013.01); C02F 2209/42 (2013.01); C02F 2301/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing customized drinking water to a user comprising:
a water production system;
a storage reservoir configured to receive water produced by the water production system;
a sanitation unit configured to sanitize water in the storage reservoir;
a water customization unit for adding one or more additives into water of the storage reservoir;
a processor in communication with the sanitation unit, the water customization unit configured to add one or more additives into water at one or more locations selected from: upstream of the storage reservoir, within the storage reservoir, or downstream of the storage reservoir;
a user water management system comprising a user interface configured to allow a user to monitor and adjust water usage, customization unit settings, and sanitation unit schedules;
a dispenser configured to dispense water to a user; and
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the processor, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
determining, via the processor, an amount of water received by the storage reservoir from the water production system;
determining, via the processor an operational setpoint of the sanitation unit based, at least in part, on the amount of water received by the storage reservoir from the water production system;
receiving, via the processor and through the user water management system a first input from a user indicating a request for water having a first water profile;
determining, via the processor, an operational setpoint of the water customization unit based, at least in part, on the first input;
setting, via the processor, the operational setpoint;
in response to the operational setpoint being set, generating water having the first water profile by the water customization unit for dispensing to the user via a dispenser; and
communicating to the user, via the processor and through the user water management system, at least one of: an amount of water produced by the water production system, an amount of water present in the storage reservoir, an amount of water dispensed to the user, and information relating to one or more water profiles including the first water profile,
wherein the processor is configured to operate the system to dispense sanitized water having a custom water profile to the user in response, at least in part, to the first input by the user and an amount of water produced by the water production system and received by the storage reservoir.