ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,943, issued on March 24, was assigned to NCH Corp. (Irving, Texas).

"System and method for groundwater treatment for non-potable use" was invented by Rahul S. Shah (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Stuart Bailin (Clarendon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for reclaiming and treating groundwater collected from an underground level of a structure or building site to supply non-potable water to an end use system, such as an irrigation system, a pond, an equipment washing system, a cooling system, or a heating system. Groundwater seeps into such underground levels and has to be pumped out to prevent flooding the stru...