ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,615, issued on May 27, was assigned to Badger Meter Inc (Brown Deer, Wis.).

"Apparatus and method for measuring water quality in a water distribution system" was invented by Richard A. Meeusen (Pewaukee, Wis.), Gregory A. Gomez (Waukesha, Wis.), James Donald Faber (Tulsa, Okla.), Dennis J. Webb (Glendale, Wis.), Daniel D. Zandron (Sussex, Wis.) and Mark Lazar (New Berlin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water quality monitoring computer system for a water distribution network includes a water distribution network configured to receive water from one or more network sources and distribute the water through the water distribution...