The present invention relates to systems and methods for pumping or removing a fluid from a region within or on top of or in contact with a water or liquid body and applications for said systems and methods. Some embodiments may also relate to anti-fouling or reducing fouling structures like docks.

Oilfield water resource systems and methods for managing oilfield water resources are provided herein. In an embodiment, an oilfield water resource system includes a water storage pond and a second holding pond. The water storage pond includes an oilfield water resource to be provided for use in an oilfield operation. The second holding pond includes low value water different from the oilfield water resource in the water storage pond. The second holding pond is configured to influence relative humidity of air above a water surface of the oilfield water resource in the water storage pond.

Systems and methods of restoring a lake including dredging, island creation, water treatment, real estate development, computer modeling of environmental conditions, wave height reduction, sediment removal and encapsulation, bathymetry contouring, littoral zone restoration, plant restoration, and/or fish restoration.

Disclosed is a non-powered seawater pumping apparatus for reducing seawater intrusion in a land in which an aquifer with a seawater-fresh water boundary surface is formed, the apparatus including a pumping pipe having opposite open end portions, a first end portion of the opposite open end portions being positioned below a sea level and a second end portion being positioned below a seawater-fresh water boundary surface in the land, and a well disposed to surround a lateral surface of a land-buried portion of the pumping pipe, which is buried in the land, so as to space away the land-buried portion of the pipe from the land, wherein seawater is filled in the pumping pipe, and the well includes a screen having a plurality of through holes formed along a circumference of the well at a lower end portion of the well.

A publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex is disclosed, with a man-made tropical, pristine-clear lagoon as the centerpiece of the complex, with surrounding entertainment, educational, sports, and commercial facilities, the complex having controlled public access and providing the look and feel of a tropical beach with clear waters and sandy beaches. In addition a method for efficiently utilizing facilities and land that are vacant, underutilized, have limited uses, or that are contiguous to or nearby recreational, educational, sports, or commercial venues is disclosed. The method providing a publicly accessible urban beach entertainment complex with a centerpiece man-made tropical-style pristine-clear lagoon. The method allows for generating revenue and increasing efficiency by pairing vacant sites, underutilized sites, limited use land, or sites that are contiguous to entertainment, educational, sports, and/or commercial venues with urban beach entertainment complexes. The complex preferably has a controlled public access, thereby allowing entrance upon payment of a fee.

The present disclosure relates to a method of using a feedback loop from sensors to manipulate sea waves by applying concepts from optics interference and lensing. The method includes capturing, by one or more sensors, environmental data of an aquatic environment, wherein the environmental data relates to one or more of a wind speed, a wind direction, a wave pattern, a wave spectra, and a wave direction. The method includes analyzing, by one or more processors of a controller, the environmental data to identify a sensed environmental condition. Further, the method includes determining an optimal configuration of a wave interference device in the sensed environmental condition, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the wave interference device; and configuring the wave interference device to occupy the optimal configuration.

This invention is directed to a system for vertical intermingling of deep water comprising: a surface support; an intake line having distal end disposed at an ocean depth; a pump in fluid communications with a proximal end of the intake line so that when the pump is actuated, fluid from the distal end of the intake line is transferred from the ocean floor toward the proximal end; and, an outlet line in fluid communications with the inlet line configured to direct fluid from the inlet line to a shallowed depth that the fluid origination depth. The intake line draws water from the ocean depth and transfer the water, having nutrient rich material, to a shallower depth so that ocean productivity can be increased.

The disclosure provides a method and means to promote green infrastructure and agriculture, reduce the incidence of forest fires in arid and semi-arid coastal regions, and mitigate harmful algal blooms. An artificial downwelling system, for example, can include one or more free-floating, self-propelled, or anchored wave-inertia pumps. In one embodiment, the wave-inertia pumps may be deployed on the oceanic side of an upwelling front. For example, the wave-inertia pump may pump warm surface water to deeper cold layers (e.g., below a sheared pycnocline of upwelling water) to disrupt the coastal upwelling. In some embodiments, a productivity of the artificial downwelling system can be controlled through remote telemetry, telecommand, and/or electromechanical tools. The artificial downwelling system may, for example, be powered by wave energy, and can be controlled using a telemechanical system powered by wind energy, and/or solar panel energy backed by electrical batteries. Various embodiments may advantageously reduce the offshore atmosphere pressure difference and occasions of significant wind events.

Dams and methods for modifying deep-release dam water intakes are provided. In an example, a dam for holding back and releasing water comprises: a dam body having a first side and a second side, the dam body configured to hold the water on the first side of the dam body; at least one intake formed in the dam body, the at least one intake having a first opening defined on the first side and a second opening defined on the second side, for releasing the water from the first opening to the second opening; and a dam modification element on the first side of the dam body, and configured to supply to the first opening of the at least one intake the water from a position higher than the first opening.

The present invention comprises a system for the localized heating of a portion of water within larger water bodies through a partial confinement of said portion of water without completely interrupting the water flow and where the concept of being in the same water body is maintained, in order to facilitate the practice of recreational activities in a heated environment. The present invention provides a solution to achieve a comfortable temperature of the water for direct contact recreational purposes in a cost-efficient manner, with a partial confinement system that allows creating a heat plug and provides for a serpentine-type flow between both sides of the partial confinement system.