Abstract: The Automated Roof Runoff Management System mitigates the impact of storm water overwhelming existing infrastructure to handle it by automatically retaining storm water on roofs and releasing it at times where the system has adequate capacity to handle the retained water.

Abstract: A method for monitoring, controlling, and recording performance of a storm water runoff network includes receiving, by a storm water management component, environmental data associated with a storage node. The method includes analyzing, by the storm water management component, the received environmental data. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, an operation of the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a valve in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a pump in the storage node, responsive to the analysis. The method includes modifying, by the storm water management component, a state of a gate in the storage node, responsive to the analysis.

Abstract: A coupling mechanism (1) has a threaded body (12) adapted to establish a threaded coupling when rotated, a housing (2) being rotatable by the application of torque thereto, a thrust member (6) coupling the threaded body (12) and the housing (2) for rotation together until a torque limit is attained, and the thrust member (6) decoupling from the threaded body (12) by displacement of the thrust member (6) against frictional resistance of peaked ridges (16) and a bias by a resilient spring (5).