ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,311, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SENTRY: WATER MONITORING AND CONTROL INC. (Charlottetown, Canada).
"Bio-electrochemical sensor, system, and method for optimizing performance of a water or wastewater treatment system" was invented by Colin Ragush (Halifax, Canada), Jack Ambler (Conshocken, Pa.) and Patrick Desmond Kiely (Gatineau, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a sensor for monitoring metabolic activity of a population of exo-electrogenic bacteria in response to one or more agents in oxygenated water or wastewater in a water or wastewater treatment system. The sensor comprises: at least...