Detecting contamination sources in liquid distribution systems
US11029300B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B21/12
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for receiving, at a sampling location recommendation module, conventional and complementary information regarding a liquid distribution system, wherein the complementary information includes at least one of a social media post or a consumer report; processing the complementary information and a database of the liquid distribution system in the sampling location recommendation module, using computational and artificial intelligence algorithms, to generate a list of locations for sampling the liquid distribution system; displaying the list of locations; receiving a geo-tagged test record indicative of a sampled contaminant concentration value of at least one location of the list of locations; processing the geo-tagged test record, at a contamination source mapping module, to estimate a location and risk of a contamination source in the liquid distribution system; and displaying the estimated location and risk of the contamination source by modifying a map of the liquid distribution system.
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