ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,221, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CHANDLER SYSTEMS INC. (Ashland, Ohio).

"Water management system" was invented by William D Chandler Jr. (Ashland, Ohio), Aaron R Wolfe (Ashland, Ohio), Cody A Harbaugh (Ashland, Ohio) and Patrick Frazer (Ashland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water delivery control system operates to selectively deliver water from a water source to water use devices. The system includes at least one controller that wirelessly communicates messages with a portable user device. The system includes a water control valve and a motor that is operative to selectively move at least one valve element of the val...