ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,701, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Angel Water Inc. (Barrington, Ill.).

"Water supply system including chlorination treatment and control" was invented by Andrew J. Wilson (Barrington, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "As an example embodiment, a system may detect water flow in a well water system and may responsively trigger a pump to inject a chlorinating substance into untreated water from the well. Further, the system may include a contact reservoir that allows the water and the chlorinating substance to combine. In this way, the chlorinating substance is drawn only when needed, but is given the opportunity to achieve time i...