ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,878, issued on April 29.
"Well water level monitor, pump control and protection system" was invented by Joseph E. Reppucci (Wakefield, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A well monitor device has a monitoring and control application that determines a depth of water in a well, and over time tracks demand replenishment characteristics of the well. A sensor adjacent to a pump in the well detects a hydrostatic pressure indicative of depth. The sensor is connected to a monitor for controlling the well pump based on the depth by controlling a power supply to the pump. The monitor also alerts a user and disables the pump based on thresholds...