Marietta, Ga., Approves Use of Hydro Intl.’s Storm Water Treatment Products

Hydro Intl., a provider of sustainable products and solutions to control and treat storm water, wastewater and combined sewer overflow, announced that the city of Marietta, Ga., has approved the use of the Hydro Up-Flo filter and the Hydro Downstream Defender for storm water treatment projects.

The Marietta Public Works Department added the products to its list of approved water quality proprietary units based on a series of exhaustive performance tests by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology (NJCAT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Technology Verification programs. Marietta officials reviewed the NJCAT’s testing standards and adopted the certifications for their municipality.

For the Up-Flo filter, the city has sanctioned a certified peak inflow rate of 0.045 cfs per filter module and a maximum impervious area of 0.3 acres per filter module.

The approval marks the first time a Hydro Intl. product has been officially certified for general use by a major government agency in the state of Georgia. In the past, Up-Flo filters and Downstream Defenders have been deployed in the state on case-by-case approvals.

“This approval displays a resounding vote of confidence in Hydro International products,” said Larry Abatiell, national sales manager of the company’s U.S. Stormwater business. “We look forward to helping the city of Marietta, and we believe other communities will see the value in our products’ performance, cost-effectiveness and reliability.” The Up-Flo Filter is a storm water filtration technology that removes trash, sediments, nutrients, metals and hydrocarbons from storm water runoff.

The Downstream Defender is a hydrodynamic separator designed to remove sediment, floatables and associated pollutants from storm water.

Source: Hydro Intl.