Q.e.d. Environmental Systems, Inc.

Graco Minnesota Inc.

William C Allen

John F Schaupp

Mark T Weinberger

Hunter C Anstadt

Michael K Lindquist

A landfill well pump is pneumatically powered to pump landfill liquid from a landfill well. The landfill well pump includes a choke on the pneumatic exhaust of the pump. The choke regulates flow the driving gas out of the landfill pump, maintaining pneumatic pressure in the pump and metering inflow of landfill liquid into the pump.

Landfill pump having metered cycling

The present disclosure relates to a fluid level sensing system for sensing a fluid level in a well. The system has an upper housing in communication with a lower housing, with the lower housing having a first bore in communication with a fluid in the well, and a second bore isolated from the first bore and in communication with at least one of a vacuum gauge or an external vacuum source. The upper and lower housings house a first flexible bag and a second flexible bag, with the first bag housed within the second bag. A portion of the first bag communicates with the first bore and is responsive to a change in pressure within the first bore caused by a changing fluid level in the well. A portion of the second bag communicates with the second bore and exerts a reference pressure on the first bag. A sensing subsystem senses expanding and contracting movement of the bags and generates a signal indicative of a change in a level of the fluid in the well.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

William C Allen