1. A grey water diversion system, comprising:
an interceptor that comprises a grey water inlet, a filter, a sewer outlet, and an interceptor orifice, wherein the filter is located along a bottom of a water flow path from the grey water inlet to the sewer outlet and delivers grey water to the interceptor orifice as filtered grey water;
a gas pump connected to a filter stem, wherein the gas pump delivers gas to the filter via the filter stem in response to the grey water diversion system detecting the presence of the grey water, wherein the gas rises through the filter to raise debris from the filter to the water flow path, and wherein a grey water overflow delivers the debris to the sewer outlet;
a suction manifold that comprises a sensor, wherein the suction manifold receives the filtered grey water from the interceptor orifice, and wherein the sensor detects the presence of the filtered grey water;
a water pump that receives the filtered grey water from the suction manifold, wherein the water pump activates in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the filtered grey water and delivers the filtered grey water into a water usage system.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the filter comprises a coarse filter and a fine filter.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the filter stem delivers gas beneath the coarse filter and beneath the fine filter.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the gas pump is an air pump and the gas is air.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the suction manifold further comprises an adjustable enclosure that comprises the sensor, wherein the adjustable enclosure is adjusted to be situated at an angle that determines an amount of grey water received by the suction manifold before the sensor detects the presence of the filtered grey water.
6. The system of claim 5, wherein the adjustable enclosure further comprises an air vent connected to the interceptor.
7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a controller that continues activation of the water pump for a predetermined amount of time after the sensor fails to detect the presence of the filtered grey water.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the controller prevents activation of the pump in response to a sensor detecting that the grey water is associated with at least one of an electrical conductivity above an electrical conductivity threshold and a basicity measure (pH) one of above and below a basicity measure threshold.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a float switch.
10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second interceptor that comprises a second grey water inlet, a second filter, and a second sewer outlet, wherein the second filter is located along a bottom of a second water flow path from the second grey water inlet to the second sewer outlet and delivers second grey water to a second interceptor orifice as second filtered grey water; wherein the second grey water inlet receives the second grey water from the sewer outlet of the interceptor, and wherein the suction manifold receives the second filtered grey water from the second interceptor orifice.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the gas pump is connected to a second filter stem, wherein the gas pump delivers second gas to the second filter via the second filter stem in response to the grey water diversion system detecting the presence of the second grey water, wherein the second gas rises through the second filter to raise second debris from the second filter to the second water flow path, and wherein second grey water overflow delivers the second debris to the second sewer outlet.
12. A grey water diversion system, comprising:
an interceptor that comprises a grey water inlet, a filter, a sewer outlet, and an interceptor orifice, wherein the filter is located along a bottom of a water flow path from the grey water inlet to the sewer outlet and delivers grey water to the interceptor orifice as filtered grey water, wherein the interceptor orifice is aligned with a central orifice of the filter, wherein the central orifice of the filter accepts a filter stem that is accessible via an access opening to remove the filter, wherein the interceptor further comprises a member located as to prevent at least one of the filter and the filter stem from impeding flow to the interceptor orifice;
a suction manifold that comprises a sensor, wherein the suction manifold receives the filtered grey water from the interceptor orifice, and wherein the sensor detects the presence of the filtered grey water;
a water pump that receives the filtered grey water from the suction manifold, wherein the water pump activates in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the filtered grey water and delivers the filtered grey water into a water usage system.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the member further prevents debris from entering the interceptor orifice.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein an entry to the interceptor orifice is raised above the bottom of the interceptor to prevent debris from entering the interceptor orifice.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the filter stem comprises a plug for plugging the interceptor orifice.
16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a second interceptor that comprises a second grey water inlet, a second filter, and a second sewer outlet, wherein the second filter is located along a bottom of a second water flow path from the second grey water inlet to the second sewer outlet and delivers second grey water to a second interceptor orifice as second filtered grey water, wherein the second interceptor orifice is aligned with a second central orifice of the second filter, wherein the second central orifice of the second filter accepts a second filter stem that is accessible via a second access opening to remove the second filter, wherein the second interceptor further comprises a second member located as to prevent at least one of the second filter and the second filter stem from impeding flow to the second interceptor orifice, and wherein the suction manifold receives the second filtered grey water from the second interceptor orifice.
17. A grey water diversion system, comprising:
an interceptor that comprises a grey water inlet, a filter, a sewer outlet, and an interceptor orifice, wherein the filter is located along a bottom of a water flow path from the grey water inlet to the sewer outlet and delivers grey water to the interceptor orifice as filtered grey water;
a suction manifold that comprises a sensor, wherein the suction manifold receives the filtered grey water from the interceptor orifice, and wherein the sensor detects the presence of the filtered grey water;
an oil-cooled water pump that comprises a temperature sensor, wherein the oil-cooled water pump receives the filtered grey water from the suction manifold, wherein the oil-cooled water pump activates in response to the sensor detecting the presence of the filtered grey water and delivers the filtered grey water into a water usage system, and wherein the temperature sensor disables the oil-cooled water pump when the temperature of the oil-cooled water pump exceeds a predetermined threshold.
18. The system of claim 17, wherein the oil-cooled water pump further comprises a strainer to prevent debris from entering the oil-cooled water pump.
19. The system of claim 17, wherein the oil-cooled water pump delivers the filtered grey water into the water usage system via dual check valves that prevent the filtered grey water from flowing back into the suction manifold and reactivating the oil-cooled pump.
20. The system of claim 17, wherein the water usage system comprises an irrigation system with distribution valves that distribute the filtered grey water based at least partially on soil moisture sensors.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A film with a porous carbon structure, comprising:
an electrically-conductive porous carbon structure with interconnected pores;
wherein said carbon structure is formed in a mesoporous template film with cubic mesostructural ordering having a plurality of mesopores by filling the pores with an organic precursor, polymerizing the organic precursor, pyrolyzing the polymerized organic precursor to produce electrically-conductive carbon, selectively removing the template film to yield said electrically-conductive porous carbon structure with interconnected pores; and
wherein at least 50% of the pores are interconnected to at least one other pore within the carbon structure.
2. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said mesoporous template film comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silica, titania, alumina, oxides, organosiloxanes, nitrides, phosphides, carbides, chalcogenides, organometallic compounds, metals, or mixtures thereof.
3. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said organic precursor is selected from the group consisting of sucrose, phenolic resin, resorcinol, naphthalene, furfuryl alcohol, or aromatic-containing organic precursors.
4. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said porous template film comprises a mesoporous film with body-centered-cubic Im 3 m ordering.
5. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said porous template film is prepared by spin-coating, dip-coating, or casting a structure-directing organic species in the presence of a network-forming inorganic species, followed by removal of said structure-directing organic species.
6. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said electrically-conductive mesoporous structure comprises a mesoporous film.
7. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said porous carbon structure has a surface area greater than approximately 100 m2g.
8. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said porous carbon structure has an electrical conductivity greater than approximately 5 Scm.
9. A film as recited in claim 1, wherein said interconnected pores are highly interconnected with greater than 90% of the pores interconnected to at least one other pore.