Patents Assigned to Irvine Ranch Water District
  • Publication number: 20060157580
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling irrigation for controlling irrigation including the transmission of an irrigation data signal including an irrigation instruction. The irrigation instruction may be calculated from various irrigation data including, but not limited to, landscape zone, sun radiation, root depth, soil condition, irrigation efficiency, water source, slope, curbside, evapotranspiration data, and any combination thereof. The system and method may further include the monitoring of irrigation flow and/or of a water meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT
    Inventor: Phillip Regli
  • Publication number: 20040217189
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling irrigation for controlling irrigation including the transmission of an irrigation data signal including an irrigation instruction. The irrigation instruction may be calculated from various irrigation data including, but not limited to, landscape zone, sun radiation, root depth, soil condition, irrigation efficiency, water source, slope, curbside, evapotranspiration data, and any combination thereof. The system and method may further include the monitoring of irrigation flow and/or of a water meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicant: IRVINE RANCH WATER DISTRICT
    Inventor: Phillip Regli
  • Patent number: 4042494
    Abstract: A sewage treatment simultaneously treats raw sewage and transports the effluent to a location where the treated effluent can be economically reused. The system converts raw sewage to primary effluent, and the solids in the primary effluent are transported to an aerobic sludge activator which converts the solids to activated sludge. The remaining primary effluent is mixed with the activated sludge and pumped up a pressure pipe treatment line which is preferably an upwardly inclined conduit at least 1000 feet long. Air or oxygen is injected into the treatment line downstream of the pump so that oxygen is dissolved at a relatively high pressure and in a sufficient amount to meet the biological oxygen demand (BOD) of the organic matter in the sewage. By the time the sewage reaches the outlet end of the line it contains substantially completely treated water and activated sludge.Trunk sewers collect raw sewage and transport it by gravity to a headworks facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1973
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1977
    Assignee: Irvine Ranch Water District
    Inventor: Ray L. Stoyer