ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,299, issued on May 13.

"Method of processing by-product water for optimal beneficial use" was invented by Marvin Nash (Cheyenne, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for batch processing by-product water to obtain a batch of beneficial use water for application to an targeted area of soil with determined moisture and chemical characteristic to change that soil characteristic to a desired soil characteristic includes the steps of measuring the moisture and chemical composition of the targeted area of soil; determining a desired soil characteristic that will grow selected vegetation; defining a chemical composition of a batch ...