Patents by Inventor Dennis E. Williams

Dennis E. Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250314169
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2025
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Patent number: 12281569
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20230243256
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Patent number: 11624278
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20200355067
    Abstract: Systems and methods corresponding with improved wellfield management are provided. In some examples, the system may initiate a step drawdown test of well efficiency to determine a cause of a decreased discharge rate of the wellfield site. The system may alter pumping of the wellfield site based on the step drawdown test, wherein a command signal is transmitted via a SCADA system to the wellfield site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Williams, Mark D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20160326848
    Abstract: Systems and methods for supplying water to a desalination plant from a subsurface feedwater supply using one or more slant or horizontally directionally drilled (“HDD”) wells. In particular embodiments, an angled well screen pipe is perforated only in a lower portion of its perimeter, allowing some filter pack material to remain above the perforations (in the annular space between the top of the perforations and the borehole wall) and act as a reservoir. This partial perforation or “half-moon” pattern allows for some vertical settlement of the filter pack over time but still provides a reservoir to avoid the situation of the well screen directly contacting the aquifer. The filter pack can be placed using a system of tremie pipes or can be pre-packed prior to insertion inside temporary casings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventor: Dennis E. Williams
  • Patent number: 8479815
    Abstract: A system for supplying water to a desalination plant from a subsurface feedwater supply using one or more slant or horizontally directionally drilled (“HDD”) wells, and for concentrate disposal (e.g., injection of brine). A method for constructing a slant or HDD well feedwater supply system for supplying water from a subsurface feedwater supply or to inject concentrate into a subsea aquifer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20120292012
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for supplying water to a desalination plant from a subsurface feedwater supply using one or more slant or horizontally directionally drilled (“HDD”) wells, and for concentrate disposal (e.g., injection of brine). A method is disclosed for constructing a slant or HDD well feedwater supply system for supplying water from a subsurface feedwater supply or to inject concentrate into a subsea aquifer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Williams
  • Patent number: 8056629
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for supplying water to a desalination plant from a subsurface feedwater supply using one or more slant wells. A method is disclosed for constructing a slant well feedwater supply system for supplying water from a subsurface feedwater supply. A system of angled wells (slant wells) is constructed. The slant wells obtain a desalination feedwater supply from permeable aquifer systems near and/or beneath a saline water source (i.e., an ocean, sea, or salty inland lake). The slant wells induce recharge of the aquifer system through the floor of the ocean, sea, or inland lake due to the hydraulic head difference between the slant well pumping level and the level of the ocean, sea, or lake. As the supply source is relatively constant, the water supply to such a slant well system generally provides a long-term, sustainable water source for a desalination plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis E. Williams
  • Publication number: 20110162850
    Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a system for supplying water to a desalination plant from a subsurface feedwater supply using one or more slant wells. The present invention is also embodied in a method for constructing a slant well feedwater supply system for supplying water from a subsurface feedwater supply. A system of angled wells (slant wells) is constructed. In one embodiment, the slant wells obtain a desalination feedwater supply from permeable aquifer systems near and/or beneath a saline water source (i.e., an ocean, sea, or salty inland lake). The slant wells induce recharge of the aquifer system through the floor of the ocean, sea, or inland lake due to the hydraulic head difference between the slant well pumping level and the level of the ocean, sea, or lake. As the supply source is relatively constant, the water supply to such a slant well system generally provides a long-term, sustainable water source for a desalination plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: GEOSCIENCE Support Services, Inc.,
    Inventor: Dennis E. Williams