stormwater system Articles
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Silt Fence installation efficacy: Definitive research calls for toughening specifications and introducing new technology
Introduction: Silt fence is a joke on many construction sites. It is often seen just blowing in the wind, or sagging and broken down. Some specifiers won’t utilize silt fence on their sites because it is too often installed improperly, and not maintained. Yet, the need for effective on-site sediment control has never been greater. Sediment-laden runoff has been shown to result in the loss ...
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Carlton memorial reserve roadway and parking, Sarasota County, Florida - Case Study
Engineers Bishop and Associates required that the roadway and parking lot at T. Mabry Carlton, Jr. Memorial Reserve serve a dual function. The system was required to support loads over poor soils and also function as a stormwater retention system, storing the first one inch of rainfall. The retention system consisted of 150 mm (6 in) depth Geoweb sections and #57 stone infill. Seven inches of #57 ...
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Game Changers
In Green Bay, Wis., Hitachi excavators have proved to be game changers on the Titletown District development, a destination area to be created on approximately 34 acres of land immediately west of Lambeau Field. The ZX160LC-3, ZX380LC-6 and ZX470LC-6 Hitachi excavators that worked on the Titletown District development belong to Joe DeNoble Sewer & Water, a family-owned business started in ...
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Water balance: case study of a constructed wetland as part of the bio-ecological drainage system (BIOECODS)
The Bio-ecological Drainage System, or BIOECODS, is an urban drainage system located at the Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia. It consists of a constructed wetland as a part of the urban drainage system to carry storm water in a closed system. In this closed system, the constructed wetland was designed particularly for further treatment of storm water. For the purpose of studying the ...
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Minimal Site Disruption with RetroFAST - Case study
Installer: Carleton Environmental Services, Inc. in conjunction with L&S Water Technologies, Inc. Location: Ontario, Canada Rob Sanna, technical advisor for L&S Water Technologies, was contacted by a homeowner in September 2003 to provide maintenance and pump out for a 14-year-old conventional septic system utilizing a sand drain fi eld. The system was bleeding out, creating small ponds ...
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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 replacing the entire soil absorption system with a ...
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Monitoring fuels in Stormwater - Case study
The Situation A major pipeline company has large storage tank farms throughout the Western States. The pipeline company transports, stores, blends additives, and distributes gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel to retail service stations and airports. Due to the quantity and movement of fuel at these facilities, there is always the potential for fuel spills. These facilities prevent out of compliance ...
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OSU researchers deploy Stevens equipment in study of green infrastructure treatment for groundwater runoff - Case Study
Stormwater runoff pollution is a serious issue that faces almost every urban and suburban environment. In older city infrastructure, runoff from roofs, parking lots, and streets flows directly into the sewer system and must be handled by the municipal wastewater treatment facility, increasing the amount of work the system must undertake. For the past 30 years, the infrastructure for ...
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