ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,229, issued on July 1.

"Water treatment system power generation" was invented by Don Grace (Ocala, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation device configured to be operably coupled to a plumbing component for a water treatment system wherein the present invention is operable to provide electrical current to a power component of the water treatment system. The present invention includes a housing having a wall defining the interior volume thereof. The housing includes an inlet opening and an outlet opening located on opposing sides of the housing. Disposed within the interior volume of the housing is a first valve and a s...