Abstract: A water fountain apparatus having a controller with an input panel and running a computer application program having a communication protocol where the controller is communicatively coupled to a submersible assembly. The submersible assembly further includes a servo controller electrically coupled to the controller and being configured to transmit and receive control and power signals. The servo controller is further electrically coupled to a servo or stepper motor, operable to receive control signals from the servo controller to cause it to step clockwise or counterclockwise in steps or increments. The servo motor is coupled to a ball within a ball valve assembly via a servo shaft. The ball valve is operable to open a conduit from a manifold through one of two egress ports, or partially through both egress ports. The manifold is coupled to a pump.

Abstract: An apparatus having flotation ballasts or tanks, a flotation platform having a frame, and on the frame and flotation platform, intake equipment, such as a screen, check valve and/or pump intake and a coupling for a discharge pipe. An embodiment comprises a plurality of substantially symmetrical flotation ballasts, each having a ballast tank forming a chamber with an internal bladder therein, or in lieu of the ballast chamber, at least one exposed bladder coupled to the frame and flotation platform. The method includes the steps of using an apparatus as herein described to ascend and descend intake equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus having flotation ballasts, a flotation platform and on the flotation platform, an intake equipment, such as a screen, check valve and/or pump intake and a coupling for a discharge pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention comprises, there are a plurality of substantially symmetrical flotation ballasts, each having a ballast chamber. The composition of the flotation ballast may be made of a material having a density appropriate for the fluid in which it is to be submerged. The method includes the steps of using an apparatus as herein described to ascend and descend intake equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus having flotation ballasts, a flotation platform and on the flotation platform, an intake equipment, such as a screen, check valve and/or pump intake and a coupling for a discharge pipe. In an embodiment of the present invention comprises, there are a plurality of substantially symmetrical flotation ballasts, each having a ballast chamber. The composition of the flotation ballast may be made of a material having a density appropriate for the fluid in which it is to be submerged. The method includes the steps of using an apparatus as herein described to ascend and descend intake equipment.