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Apr. 5, 2012

By IWA Publishing

An Investigation into the Water Quality of the Charleston Peninsula Storm Drains

Since the late 1980’s, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has expressed concern over extremely high fecal coliform counts found in several of the many storm drains that discharge from peninsular Charleston (City of Charleston, 1998). Although the City of Charleston is responsible for the fifty-plus storm drains, Charleston Water System wants to determine if ...

Oct. 20, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Unique sponge system contains water contaminants in storm drains

Untitled Document SmartSponge technology captures oil and hydrocarbons from stormwater runoff, preventing its discharge into receiving waters. Water quality is being ...

Dec. 31, 2005

By Baum Publications Ltd.

What is a storm water filtration?

Water is the main source of living for human beings on this earth. Water is not only essential for human life but also it is a fundamental natural resource for sustaining of wildlife and environment. It is the main substance for surviving a healthy life. There are many vital resources which contaminate the water and many death implications occur. Due to many natural calamities, the water source ...

Nov. 25, 2016

By Genesis Water Technologies, Inc.

Safe Drain® Contains Jet Fuel Spill

"During a routine fueling operation, our facility experienced a fuel spill, which allowed approx 50 gallons of jet fuel to enter into a storm drain. The extremely unpleasant fallout from this event included facing Airport and regulatory officials and yes fines! This event resulted in our decision to install Safe Drains spill protection devices in each of the 20 storm drains on our ramp areas. ...

Jun. 29, 2011

By Safe Drain Stormwater Holdings, Inc

Impact of floods, hurricanes and storms

What happens to the water network in the wake of hurricanes and floods? Just days after Hurricane Harvey dumped over 50 inches of rain on the American state of Texas causing the deaths of 60 people and delivering billions of dollars worth of damage to homes and property, Hurricane Irma has wreaked havoc in the Caribbean with the most powerful Atlantic storm in recorded history. ...

Sep. 7, 2017

By Detectronic Ltd

Hydrogen sulfide removal from sediment and water in box culverts/storm drains by iron-based granules

A renewable granular iron-based technology for hydrogen sulfide removal from sediment and water in box culverts and storm drains is discussed. Iron granules, including granular ferric hydroxide (GFH), granular ferric oxide (GFO) and rusted waste iron crusts (RWIC) embedded in the sediment phase removed aqueous hydrogen sulfide formed from sedimentary biological sulfate reduction. The exhausted ...

Dec. 18, 2013

By IWA Publishing

Compost in the mix for storm water management

Bioretention areas, also known as rain gardens, are increasingly being used to capture and treat storm water runoff from impervious surfaces such as roofs, sidewalks and parking lots. These landscaped areas often feature native plants installed in an engineered soil mixture that includes compost. “Bioretention areas or rain gardens are an attractive storm water Best Management Practice (BMP) ...

Sep. 30, 2008

By BioCycle Magazine

Safe Drain® Saves My Facility From Accidental Spill

"I am writing to thank-you for a great product. This morning we had a 25 gallon diesel spill near our Vehicle Service Area. The spill was a fluke - from the tank of a truck that was parked on a gradient - left without a gas cap. Diesel poured out of the truck onto the asphalt - directly into a newly installed Spill Safe Drain that was closed tightly. All of the spilled product was recovered, ...

Jun. 29, 2011

By Safe Drain Stormwater Holdings, Inc

DFW direct bury of storm sewer case study

Airport Solutions North Texas Contracting has placed the first HOBAS pipe at DFW International Airport in the Dallas/Fort Worth mid-cities. That first installation was a repair to an 84-inch corrugated steel culvert that had failed and created a sink hole approximately 30 feet deep and almost 20 feet in diameter after a series of heavy rains in 2007. North Texas Contracting of Keller, Texas ...

Sep. 5, 2012

By Hobas Pipe USA

Case study - drain field renovation with RetroFAST

Engineer: Dick Bartel, Point One Engineering Distributor: Frank Hay, Pinnacle Environmental Technologies, Inc. Location: British Columbia, Canada Dick Bartel approached Frank Hay in mid August 2002 looking for alternatives for repairing a neighbor’s biologically-failing conventional septic system. Bartel had originally looked into ...

Dec. 14, 2010

By BioMicrobics, Inc.

Corrosion-Resistant PVC Sends Metal Pipe Down the Drain Case Study

Drain, Waste and Vent (DWV) systems are necessary in every building for removing sewage and storm water from a variety of fixtures and regulating air pressure to facilitate flow. Pipes used in traditional DWV systems for commercial buildings due to code restrictions have long been made of copper and heavy cast iron. However, performance has often been an ...

Feb. 22, 2019

By IPEX, Inc.

Master Plan of Drainage for Redlands - Using advanced storm drain modeling techniques to identify historical flooding issues - Case Study

The city of Redlands, California, has a long history of flooding during moderate to severe storm events. The historic downtown area resides just downstream of the confluence of four major tributaries. The four tributaries run into a single storm drain under Redlands Boulevard, which routes flows through the downtown. The existing capacity of the current facility is approximately 2,000 cu ft per ...

Apr. 19, 2017

By Innovyze

Storm effects on regional beach water quality along the southern California shoreline

Two regional studies conducted during dry weather demonstrated that the Southern California Bight (SCB) shoreline has good water quality, except near areas that drain land-based runoff. Here, we repeat those regional studies 36 h after a rainstorm to assess the influence of runoff under high flow conditions. Two hundred and fifty-four shoreline sites between Santa Barbara, California and ...

Dec. 31, 2002

By IWA Publishing

Impacts of fertilization on water quality of a drained pine plantation: a worst case scenario

Received for publication December 8, 2008. Intensive plantation forestry will be increasingly important in the next 50 yr to meet the high demand for domestic wood in the United States. However, forest management practices can substantially influence downstream water quality and ecology. This study analyses, the effect of fertilization on effluent water quality of a low gradient drained coastal ...

Dec. 31, 2009

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Building soils for storm water compliance and successful landscapes

THE SOILS for Salmon project - initiated in 1999 by the Washington Organic Recycling Council (WORC) - has been building momentum through collaboration with the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), regulators at the state Department of Ecology, local governments, scientists, and green leaders in the building, landscape and development industries. Over the years, the Soils for Salmon ...

Feb. 28, 2007

By BioCycle Magazine

Areas Most Prone to Winter Storm Water Can Benefit from Temporary Erosion Control

Winter can be a beautiful time of year. Generally, there are nice, brief storms and maybe some snow, and everything is fine. But occasionally, we get hit hard with storms that just won’t let up, such as when it rains for days or feet of snow come down—we are left to deal with the consequences. All too often, those consequences involve too much water, despite the work put into ...

Dec. 15, 2016

By International Erosion Control Systems Inc. (IECS)

Implementing SPCC Requirements and Storm Water BMPS at a Large Industrial Facility

ABSTRACTRecently, much attention has been focused on storm water pollution prevention and spill management. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its Final Rule for Oil Pollution Prevention (40 CFR Part 112) on July 17, 2002, making major changes to the original rule issued in 1973. Facilities subject to this regulation must amend their Spill Prevention, Control, and ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

How To Avoid Penalties For Not Containing Spills

"Chemical spills can cost your company millions of dollars not to mention the bad publicity that results from suffering a spill. Every business wants to avoid the possibility of an uncontained hazardous material spill if at all possible. To do this you need a spill containment system designed for the type of hazardous materials that your handle. Safe Drain ...

Jul. 15, 2015

By Safe Drain Stormwater Holdings, Inc

Modeling of coastal water contamination in Fortaleza (Northeastern Brazil)

An important tool in environmental management projects and studies due to the complexity of environmental systems, environmental modeling makes it possible to integrate many variables and processes, thereby providing a dynamic view of systems. In this study the bacteriological quality of the coastal waters of Fortaleza (a state capital in Northeastern Brazil) was modeled considering multiple ...

Jun. 8, 2015

By IWA Publishing

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