9754 results about "Stormwater" patented technology

In the processes for treating municipal sewage and storm water containing biosolids to discharge standards, biosolids, even after dewatering, contain typically about 80% water bound in the dead cells of the biosolids, which gives biosolids a negative heating value. It can be incinerated only at the expense of purchased fuel. Biosolids are heated to a temperature at which their cell structure is destroyed and, preferably, at which carbon dioxide is split off to lower the oxygen content of the biosolids. The resulting char is not hydrophilic, and it can be efficiently dewatered and / or dried and is a viable renewable fuel. This renewable fuel can be supplemented by also charging conventional biomass (yard and crop waste, etc.) in the same or in parallel facilities. Similarly, non-renewable hydrophilic fuels can be so processed in conjunction with the processing of biosolids to further augment the energy supply.

The invention provides a method for ecological remediation on an acid tailing pond. By removing acids from soil, and by laying nonwoven cloth and a sealing layer, good partitioning is achieved, and byfurther laying a water reservation layer and a coated seed layer, the purpose of re-greening an acid tailing pond is achieved. The method has the beneficial effects that rainwater can be reserved tothe maximum extent, the sealing layer is capable of preventing the rainwater from infiltrating into tailings, the problems of underground water and ground water pollution can be substantially solved,the construction method is simple, and the construction cost is low; by using a seed coating technique, a set of rapid nursery stock breeding technique is formed, a stable ecological remediation system is cultured, the target of completely re-greening woody plants within 90 days is achieved, and environment problems of acid tailing ponds are solved for good.

The invention discloses a revegetation system on steep rocky slopes and an implementing method thereof, which are suitable for surface vegetalization of steep rocky uncover slopes with the gradient of 60 degrees above. A slope drainage system is arranged in the system to prevent the vegetalization layer from being flushed by rainwater and reduce water loss and soil erosion; a mix-sprayed vegetalization layer plastic-covered with iron wire corrugated meshes and consisting of continuous fiber is arranged on the slopes and has stable structure, rich nutrition and functions of water conservation and ventilation. The casting separator prevents the mix-sprayed vegetalization layer from sliding downwards; and a drop irrigation facility is distributed to make sure that the vegetalization layer is moist. After maintenance of mix-sprayed construction on the slopes, the vegetable layer with herbaceous plants and shrubs can be effectively formed, thereby reconstructing the destructed vegetables on the slopes and recovering the natural landscapes on the uncover slopes.

A barrier is provided to preclude debris from passing into a rain gutter. The barrier includes a screen supported upon a channel. The channel includes a tab positionable between a roof and shingles upon the roof, and with a lip opposite the tab resting upon a portion of a gutter opposite the roof. The channel includes a recess between the tab and the lip. The recess includes a floor defining a lower plane of the channel. Ribs extend from the floor up to an upper plane of the channel in which the screen is supported. The ribs have sufficient height to remain in contact with the screen. Water is drawn through the screen and along the ribs down to the floor of the recess. Apertures in the floor allow the water to fall down through the channel and into the gutter, while debris is precluded from passing through the screen.

In a wastewater treatment system and process utilizing membrane bioreactors (MBRs), multiple, parallel series of tanks or stages each include, an MBR stage. Under conditions of normal flow volume into the system, influent passes through several parallel series of stages or process lines, which might be, for example, an anoxic stage, an aeration stage and an MBR stage. From the MBR stages a portion of M.L.S.S. is cycled through one or more thickening MBRs of similar process lines, for further thickening and further processing and digesting of the sludge, while a majority portion of the M.L.S.S. is recycled back into the main process lines. During peak flow conditions, such as storm conditions in a combined storm water / wastewater system, all of the series of stages with their thickening MBRs are operated in parallel to accept the peak flow, which is more than twice normal flow. M.L.S.S. is recycled from all MBR stages to the upstream end of each of all the parallel process lines, mixing with influent wastewater, and the last one or several process lines no longer act to digest the sludge. Another advantage is that with the thickened sludge in the last process line of basins, which ordinally act to digest the sludge, there is always sufficient biomass in the system to handle peak flow, the biomass being available if needed for a sudden heavy flow or an event that might bring a toxic condition into the main basins.

The invention discloses a rock slope ecological protection afforestation substrate. The substrate is prepared by evenly mixing a mixture of mixed and fermented straw, cattle manure, edible fungus refuse (the waste after the edible fungus production), sludge and organic matter fibers, compound fertilizer, a soil moisture holding agent, a binding agent, attapulgite powder and a pH regulator. The rock slope ecological protection afforestation substrate is used to carry out the spray seeding and greening on the exposed rock slope, the discarded mine and the mountain gap, and can maximally restore the vegetation ecology in a shorter period, thereby reaching the aims of afforestation and slope protection. The substrate can supply a reasonable physical structure and nutrient contents needed by the growth of the vegetation, and ensure the sufficient cohesion force between the substrate mixture on the slope surface and the rock slope so as to ensure that the vegetation on the slope surface can take root and grow well on the rock slope. The substrate can ensure the stability of the substrate mixture on the slope surface so as to resist the rain erosion. The substrate can rapidly seal the slope surface and prevent the slope surface from flaking off due to efflorescence together with the vegetation.

Methods and modules for use in a modular assembly are disclosed for retaining or detaining storm water beneath a ground surface. A module comprises a substantially horizontally disposed deck portion and at least one substantially vertically disposed side portion extending therefrom. The deck portion and side portion have respective end edges, and the side portion has bottom edges. The side portion and the deck portion define a longitudinal channel which is open at least at an end of the module. The side portion has at least one opening therein and defines a lateral channel in the module. The longitudinal and lateral channels are in fluid communication with one another. Each channel has about the same cross section and extends upwardly from the bottom edges to allow relatively unconstrained flow in the longitudinal and lateral directions.

A rain gutter cover system (10) constructed in accordance with the principles of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The system (10) is configured for directably collecting rain water running off of the roof (R) of a building (B) while substantially preventing undesired debris from entering the gutter (16). The system (10) broadly includes a gutter assembly (12) and a cover assembly (14) coupled to, and covering, the gutter assembly (12). The cover assembly (14) includes a one piece screen (20) and a plurality of fluted perforations (22) formed in the screen (20). The fluted perforations (22) are each particularly configured to draw water through the screen (20) without allowing undesired debris through the screen (20) and each includes a channel (40) recessed into the screen (20) and a corresponding hole (42) defined in the downhill end of the channel (40). A valley segment (210) of the system is also disclosed and includes a plurality of bull-nose ledges (212, 214, 216, 218 and 220), each guarding a plurality of fluted perforations (222) along the valley of a roof.

A system and method for restoring the natural water cycle by reducing stormwater runoff and addressing issues affecting groundwater supply. In one embodiment of the invention, the system comprises a roof washer component, cistern component, pump, and manufactured dry well. The system is designed to divert polluted rooftop runoff, capture clean rooftop runoff and store this clean water for irrigation purposes and nonpotable uses, while infiltrating excess water to recharge groundwater supplies thereby replicating the natural hydrologic cycle.

A self-contained wetlands treatment system to remove pollutants from water and treat stormwater runoff or other grey water. This is system and method wherein the water is passed through a wetland filtering and treatment system. This invention removes solids, metals (dissolved / particulate), nutrients (dissolved / particulate), oils, and bacterial contaminants from the water. The system and system housing can be fabricated, built, and assembled in a broad range of sizes and materials to accommodate and treat a broad range of influent flow rates.

The invention discloses a hard reinforced concrete revetment slope biological repairing method, which is characterized by comprising the steps of: roughing a concrete revetment and constructing drainage ditches at set intervals; digging a water collecting tank on one side of the cross of the revetment and a road, reserving an opening at the joint of the drainage ditch and the water collecting tank, and constructing a watertight concrete overflow bank; filling gravels in the water collecting tank and the drainage ditches; and welding earthwork grids by high-density polyethylene stripes on the protection slope, laying gravel cushion coats in the earthwork grids, and finally pouring biological slurry. The method has the advantages that: the whole project is stable and safe; rain flows into the water collecting tank and passes through grave areas, non-watertight sand-free concrete, a slope cushion coat, plant roots and the like to seep into rivers, so water quality is improved to a relatively large extent; when rainfall runoff is overlarge, the rain overflows from the overflow bank and passes through the graves of the drainage ditches, so the water quality is also purified to a certain extent, meanwhile the slope is protected; the biological slurry poured onto the slope is prepared from biological materials, and has certain anti-erosion strength and can be used as a substrate for plant growth, so the cost is low and the operation is simple.

An environmental water resource recycling system of the invention comprises pluralities of drainpipes units, which includes pluralities of drainpipes engaged in pluralities of holder holes formed by coupled frame strips, and sealing lids covering the opening at one end of the drainpipes. An instant water-absorbing sand layer is applied on the soil layer exposed on the ground surface before inserting the lower end of the drainpipes held in the drainpipe unit into the sand layer. Concrete is poured onto the ground to be constructed such that the concrete can integrally cover the drainpipe units. The sealing lids can be removed from the openings on the upper end of the drainpipes after the concrete is solidified, thereby accomplishing a permeable paving and instantly draining the rain on the permeable paving to the sand layer and further to the underground for being recycled as water resource for further utilization.

A rain gutter system for a vehicle hood includes a vehicle hood having an opening. A rain gutter is mounted to the hood underneath the opening. At least one contoured area is on at least one side of the rain gutter, wherein there is a space in between the contoured area and the hood, such that water may flow through the hood opening, along the rain gutter and out of the rain gutter at the space. The rain gutter may include a series of grooves or another pattern molded into the gutter. The hood may be made of a moldable material, with threaded members being molded into the hood. The rain gutter may be mounted with bolts or screws at the threaded members. A grill may be associated with the opening. The rain gutter may be molded and may be made of a moldable material, such as fiberglass, another composite, or a polymer.

A structural cell system is disclosed for supporting hardscape areas in a way that enables tree root growth and accommodates filtering, retention, storage and infiltration of storm water while preventing hardscape damage. The system includes a plurality of structural cells capable of being positioned below a hardscape. The structural cells are designed to have openings that are sized to accept tree roots. The system has one or more permeable barriers around the structural cells with a way for water to flow into the plurality of structural cells flow out of the structural cells.

A basement engineering waterproof and drainage method is provided. The wall footing of the outside wall in basement engineering is embedded in watertight or micro-watertight soil rock layer or cement soil layer. The wall footing intercepts water by a thin-part structure. The cushion of the basement engineering soleplate and the falling layer of the top board are composed of combined water-proof layers. The late poured band, the movement joint and the horizontal construction joint at the lower part of the outside wall are treated by a water-proof structure combined with waterproofing measures. The basement engineering is provided with a drainage system. The groundwater and surface water at the soleplate are drained into city drainage pipelines via a soleplate part of the drainage system. The rainwater of overburden layer bottom of the top board is then drained into city drainage pipelines via the indoor part of the drainage system. The invention is designed by adopting a one-body method of arranging the basement engineering waterproofing, drainage and anti-floating as well as underground engineering space enclosing structure and pipelines, thereby shortening the construction period, reducing the engineering cost, increasing the durability and reliability of underground building space enclosing structure and waterproof layer as well as pipelines.

The technological process of treating papermaking effluent for reuse based on membrane integrating technique has membrane bioreactor, continuous membrane filter and reverse osmosis unit integrated for high efficiency treatment of papermaking effluent. The papermaking effluent treating process includes drum filtering and flocculating deposition to eliminate most suspended matter and colloid matter, anaerobic and aerobic biochemical treatment, filtering in membrane separating element, continuous membrane filtering, and treating with reverse osmosis membrane to reach the papermaking water standard. The present invention is especially suitable for treating hard-to-treat papermaking effluent.

The invention provides modular units, associated component parts, and assemblies of the modular units and component parts, including storage and filtration systems, that are useful for making and using underground water management systems.

A roof system designed to retain water during storms and release it slowly over a period of time includes a polymeric water impervious membrane covered with a drainage board in turn covered with a water retention mat. The water retention mat and drainage board are held in position by ballast, preferably gravel. The mat is designed to retain at least about 25% of a one-inch per hour rainfall and release it gradually over 2 to 3 hours, thereby reducing rain runoff during storms and reducing the load on a storm sewer system

This invention is a filter for a street curb inlet catch basin that comprises a removable filter basket assembly, a funnel to channel storm water into the basket, and a support structure that holds the filter in place within the basin by means of bracing the structure against the basins interior walls without altering the interior walls of the basin.

The invention relates to an in-situ rain leaching repair system for contaminated soil. The in-situ rain leaching repair system at least comprises three parts, namely a rain collection part, a leaching repair part and a waste water treatment part, wherein the rain collection part is provided with water guiding pipes, a water collecting tank and canals, the leaching repair part is provided with an observation well, water collecting pipes and plants planted for the soil phytoremediation, the observation well is built in a middle-upper layer of contaminated soil, and the water collecting pipes are in the middle-lower layer; and the waste water treatment part is provided with a filter tank, a microorganism putting tank, an electric separation tank, a wind power generating set and the like, leaching waste water is firstly filtered by the filter tank, and is then repaired by the microorganism putting tank, and finally, the leaching waste water passes through the electric separation tank to process heavy metal so as to obtain the purified liquid. The in-situ rain leaching repair system establishes a complete contaminated soil simulated repairing system for the soil in an aeration zone, and combines repair technologies of leaching, plants, microorganisms, electric separation and the like. The in-situ rain leaching repair system has the characteristics of energy conservation, emission reduction and no secondary pollution, and is suitable for repairing the soil in a large-area aeration zone with little pollution.

The invention provides a road pavement draining method and a drainage structure system. The road pavement draining method is characterized in that water falling on a lane vertically passes through a lane water-permeable surface layer, arrives at a waterproof bonding layer preventing water penetration, and enters into a water-permeable drainage system located at outer sides of drainage curbstones by a cross slope and the drainage curbstones located at outer sides of the lane; the bottoms of the drainage curbstones are provided with water-permeable curbstone bases; the water-permeable drainage system comprises a broken stone blind drain drainage system arranged at the bottoms and the outer sides of the water-permeable curbstone bases; the bottom of the broken stone blind drain drainage system is provided with a longitudinal drainage water-permeable pipe; and most of the water discharged into the water-permeable drainage system at the outer sides permeates into soil at the outer sides and forms ground water, and the rest of the water passes through the longitudinal drainage water-permeable pipe in the broken stone blind drain drainage system and then is discharged into a municipal pipe. The road pavement draining method solves the problem that rainwater on a drainage bituminous pavement is directly discharged into the municipal pipe, and has functional advantages of good safety, ecological benefits, energy saving and good economical efficiency.

The invention relates to a regulation and storage design and model verification method for mountain parks built on the basis of sponge city concept. The method comprises following steps: A. determining the annual runoff volume control rate of a mountain park; B. initially bringing up LID module control indexes according to the annual runoff volume control rate of a mountain park; C. calculating the regulation and storage volume of each LID module according to the LID module control indexes, adjusting the LID module control indexes so that the regulation and storage volume of gray regulation and storage devices is no more than a preset value and obtaining the regulation and storage volume of the LID module; D. module layout; E. model analysis. The method puts the idea of sponge city into practice comprehensively; the construction of mountain parks and the building of sponge city are integrated; the design method of constructing sponge parks is further fulfilled so as to realize natural accumulation, penetration and purification of rainwater by the mountain parks.

This invention is a filter for a street curb inlet catch basin that comprises a removable filter basket assembly, a funnel to channel storm water into the basket, and a support structure that holds the filter in place within the basin by means of bracing the structure against the basins interior walls without altering the interior walls of the basin.

A river course ecological treatment system essentially comprises a plurality of ecological biological water purification systems and a plurality of plastic retaining dams disposed along a river course, and at least one damp land ecological water purification system disposed beside the river course. The plastic retaining dams separate the river course into several retaining regions. The ecological biological water purification systems purify the water in the retaining regions by microorganism purification. Afterward, the water purified by the ecological biological water purification systems is introduced into rainwater channels of the at least one damp land ecological water purification system. After being purified by aquatic plants in the at least one damp land ecological water purification system, the water returns to the retaining regions the downstream portion of the river course. Therefore, a river improvement system capable of performing both step-by-step treatment and joint treatment is effectuated.

An intelligent irrigation rain sensor for use in an irrigation system comprises a rain sensor unit and a sensor control unit. The rain sensor unit has a rain catcher reservoir with an open top for receiving rainwater. The rain catcher has an internal volume for holding water and tapers into a funnel with an opening for metering equally sized round water droplets at a steady-state drip rate. At least one droplet detector is positioned directly below the funnel opening that contacts the water droplets from the funnel. The droplet detector includes detection electrodes for sensing a change in an electrical property being monitored by a detection control in the sensor control unit. Each droplet detected may be counted and the droplet count retained in a memory, or excluded from counting based on certain factors, such as the drip rate between droplets from the funnel opening. Upon exceeding a rain threshold amount over measurement time period, the intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a rain signal to the irrigation controller. The intelligent irrigation rain sensor issues a corresponding dry signal to the irrigation controller after a drying period has elapsed. The present intelligent irrigation rain sensor may issue consecutive rain signals and accumulate drying periods for each, up to a predetermined limit, before issuing a single dry signal to the irrigation controller.

In some embodiments, a filtration system may include one or more of the following features: (a) a housing having a bottom portion, a middle portion coupled to the bottom portion and an upper portion, and a cap coupled to the upper portion, (b) a sediment storage area within the bottom portion, (c) a separator area within the middle portion, (d) a porous filter within the upper portion, (e) an access hatch within the cap, (f) an inlet pipe for allowing storm water within a middle chamber, (g) an outlet pipe for allowing filtered water to be discharged from the filtration system, and (h) a central pipe being a passageway through the porous filter.

The invention relates to an automatic urban rainfall runoff sampler characterized by comprising a tank body, a catchment structure, a sampling chamber and an instrument control room, wherein the tank body is cuboid; an openable upper cover constitutes the upper part of the tank body and is fixed with the lower part of the tank body via fasteners; hooks are arranged at four corners of the upper cover of the tank body; the catchment structure comprises a detachable catchment hopper arranged outside the tank body and an automatic opening / closing device thereof; the sampling chamber consists of a water guiding pipe, a water inlet pipe, a rotating shaft, a sampling base, a sampling ring and a water discharging pipe; the instrument control room is located on the right side of the tank body and separated from the sampling chamber; a rainwater sensor, a stepping motor and a storage battery are placed inside the instrument control room; and the instrument control room is further provided with an openable door, so as to facilitate the device maintenance and repair. The automatic urban rainfall runoff sampler of the invention has the characteristics of high automation level, compact structure, small size, high portability and convenient management. Therefore, the invention is applicable to the collection of rainfall runoff in the urban wayside sewers and other places for the collection of rainfall runoff or water flow.

A pavement material for the capture of waterborne constituents. The pavement material comprises a porous pavement substrate and an amphoteric compound bonded to the substrate. The porous pavement material may have a hydraulic conductivity ranging from about 0.001 to about 1.0 cm / sec and may act as a storm water storage basin.