Hydro International Gets Thumbs Up from North Carolina Department of Transportation.Company's Downstream Defender Stormwater Separator Equipment Added to Agency's List of Approved Devices PORTLAND, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine, with a 2004 population of 63,882. Portland is Maine's cultural, social and economic capital. Tourists are drawn to Portland's historic Old Port district along Portland Harbor, which is at the mouth of the Fore River and part -- Hydro International, a leading provider of environmentally sustainable products and innovative solutions that control and treat stormwater, wastewater and combined sewer A combined sewer is a type of sewer system which provides partially separated channels for sanitary sewage and stormwater runoff. This allows the sanitary sewer system to provide backup capacity for the runoff sewer when runoff volumes are unusually high, but it is an antiquated overflows, today announced that its Downstream Defender([R]) stormwater separator equipment has been added to the list of devices approved for use by the North Carolina Department of Transportation The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is responsible for building, repairing, and operating highways, bridges, and other modes of transportation, including ferries. . The state DOT engineers now have the option to use Downstream Defender advanced vortex separators as an element in the stormwater management design schemes that are required for road construction. This unique stormwater treatment device utilizes advanced hydrodynamic hy·dro·dy·nam·ic also hy·dro·dy·nam·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to hydrodynamics. 2. Of, relating to, or operated by the force of liquid in motion. vortex separation technology that traps and removes pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. to prevent them from being discharged into rivers, streams and coastal waters. Hydro's Downstream Defender efficiently removes high levels of settleable solids, oils and floatables over a wide range of flow rates and prevents captured pollutants from being re-released into the environment. Downstream Defenders have provided significant protection for municipal installations and private development projects throughout the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. The North Carolina Department of Transportation will review use of the Downstream Defender on a project-by-project basis to ensure that site-specific design, construction, and maintenance requirements are met. "State agencies follow a rigorous process for vetting vet 1 Informal n. A veterinarian. v. vet·ted, vet·ting, vets v.tr. 1. To subject to veterinary evaluation, examination, medication, or surgery. 2. potential equipment for use in municipal projects," said Dave Scott, Stormwater Products Manager for Hydro International. "We are very excited that North Carolina's Department of Transportation sees the potential in the Downstream Defender to prevent growing problems from stormwater runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. ." About Hydro International Hydro International, based in Portland, Maine, is a leading provider of environmentally sustainable products and innovative solutions that control and treat stormwater, wastewater and combined sewer overflows, utilizing award-winning advanced vortex and complimentary technologies. The company has more than 25 years experience working with municipalities, environmental regulators, engineers, contractors and land developers, and more than 40 years experience researching the development of leading-edge products targeting wet-weather issues. It has international offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Clevedon and Ely in the U.K. For more information, visit www.hydro-international.biz biz n. Informal Business. biz Noun Informal business Noun 1. . |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion