US Patent Issued on Sept. 1 for "Flood control system" (North Dakota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,432, issued on Sept. 1.

"Flood control system" was invented by Kevin N. Biffert (Horace, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flood control system for remotely and automatically controlling flooding and water storage on reservoirs. The flood control system generally includes a central computer that controls the water level by controlling or communicating with flow control gates positioned near a number of culverts, wherein each flow control gate typically includes: (a) a control unit communicatively coupled to the central computer, the control unit capable of sending local condition data to the central computer via a wireless connec...