Downstream Defender Gets Thumbs Up from North Carolina DOT

Hydro International, a provider of environmentally sustainable products and solutions to control and treat storm water, wastewater and combined sewer overflows, announced that its Downstream Defender storm water separator equipment has been added to the list of devices approved for use by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

The state DOT engineers now have the option to use Downstream Defender advanced vortex separators as an element in the storm water management design schemes that are required for road construction. This unique storm water treatment device utilizes advanced hydrodynamic vortex separation technology that traps and removes pollutants 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 protection for municipal installations and private development projects throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. 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 potential equipment for use in municipal projects,” said Dave Scott, storm water 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 storm water runoff.”

Source: Hydro International