Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

Technology Licensing Corporation

Murray Equipment, Inc.

Brian L Ferry

Joseph E Motz

James B Goddard

Mark A Heinlein

Carl Tyner

Craig Reese

A control system for an athletic field coordinates drainage by gravity or vacuum-enhanced and irrigation by monitoring water level with respect to a subsurface membrane, wherein a flow network resides on the membrane and is covered by a fill layer, which in turn supports the field surface thereabove. The flow network includes couplings located at the intersections of some of the pipe rows and conduit rows. The water permeability of the conduit rows allows the flow network to be used for draining, irrigating or heating the field. The heating of the fill layer and the surface thereabove minimizes energy costs and eliminates installation and maintenance costs that would otherwise be necessitated by separate heating and draining systems.

Control system for draining, irrigating and heating an athletic field

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Ft. Wayne, IN, United States of America

Brian L Ferry