Patent classifications
E03F5/101
Sump system
A sump system includes a catch basin and a sump pump. The catch basin is configured to receive runoff water. The catch basin has an upper end and a bottom surface. The catch basin defines a vertical chamber and a horizontal chamber. The vertical chamber extends downward in a vertical direction from the upper end to a first portion of the bottom surface. The horizontal chamber intersects the first chamber to form an intersecting region. The horizontal chamber is defined by an upper surface and a second portion the bottom surface. The horizontal chamber extends outwardly in a horizontal direction from an outer periphery of the first chamber and has a vertical dimension that extends upward from the bottom surface to the upper surface. The upper surface is positioned below the upper end. The sump pump is disposed within the catch basin.
Ground water filtration system
Systems and methods for a ground water filtration system are described. The ground water filtration system includes paver blocks designed to facilitate liquid seepage between the paver blocks and to route the seepage to a preferred area. A filter may be utilized to remove undesired particulates in the seepage prior to routing. The ground water filtration system additionally provides at least one layer of stone to facilitate flow direction of the seepage. At least one geogrid fabric is also provided to further enhance ground water filtration.
Integrated retaining wall and fluid collection system
A fluid collection and retention system is provided. In some embodiments, the system is integrated with and comprises a retaining wall structure, and the retaining wall structure forms at least a portion of an enclosed volume of a module for collecting and storing fluid. Various features of a fluid retention module and related supporting structures are also provided.
Temporary storm water storage system
The temporary storm water storage system comprises a storage tank, an inlet pump, an outlet pump, a graded top drain, a plurality of sensors, a timer, a first valve, a second valve, and a plurality of interconnecting pipes. The temporary storm water storage system may pump flood water from a street into the storage tank when flooding is detected by the plurality of sensors. The temporary storm water storage system may pump the flood water from the storage tank into the street after a predetermined time interval once the flooding has subsided. The flood water pumped from the storage tank to the street may be drained from the street via one or more catch basins into a storm drain.
DEVICE FOR VEHICLE HINDRANCE AND RAINWATER TREATMENT AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME
A device for vehicle hindrance and rainwater treatment including a vehicle hindrance body and a well pit. The vehicle hindrance body includes a lower sidewall, the well pit includes a top opening, and the lower sidewall encloses the top opening. The lower sidewall includes a plurality of water inlet holes. The well pit includes an upper part, a lower part, and a partition disposed between the upper part and the lower part. The partition includes a plurality of leaking holes. The upper part of the well pit includes an outer ring belt filled with a rainwater pretreatment filler, a center ring belt filled with soil, and a rainwater collection ring belt disposed between the outer ring belt and the inner ring belt. The lower part includes a water-sand separating folded plate, a water-sand discharging channel, a rainwater collecting tank, and a rainwater storage chamber.
STORMWATER BOX WITH PYRAMIDAL POLYHEDRON BRACING
A rectanguloid shape six-walled thermoplastic box for receiving and dispersing stormwater, when part of an array of like boxes that is buried in media, has interior bracing in the form of an irregular polyhedron structure comprised of up to six hollow pyramids. The truncated apexes of the pyramids meet near the center of the box. The base of each hollow pyramid is contact with, attached to, or integral with a wall at the location of an opening within which is a grate. A box may be injection molded as a single piece molding with living hinges. Alternatively, the pyramidal polyhedron structure may be formed as a separate element and placed within the walls of a box.
Bioretentional system and method of construction thereof
A bioretention system includes a number of connected wall portions defining an enclosure. Each wall portion includes a pair of spaced supports that support one or more panels that are interlocked with the pair of supports via mating interlocking features. Where a wall portion includes an upper panel atop of a lower panel, a lower edge of the upper panel and a top edge of the lower panel are in contact with each other to form the wall portion. The supports are then connected in spaced relation on the transverse axis by internal bars or beams which provide support for the wall portions without the need for external soil reinforcement.
Device for vehicle hindrance and rainwater treatment and system comprising the same
A device for vehicle hindrance and rainwater treatment including a vehicle hindrance body and a well pit. The vehicle hindrance body includes a lower sidewall, the well pit includes a top opening, and the lower sidewall encloses the top opening. The lower sidewall includes a plurality of water inlet holes. The well pit includes an upper part, a lower part, and a partition disposed between the upper part and the lower part. The partition includes a plurality of leaking holes. The upper part of the well pit includes an outer ring belt filled with a rainwater pretreatment filler, a center ring belt filled with soil, and a rainwater collection ring belt disposed between the outer ring belt and the inner ring belt. The lower part includes a water-sand separating folded plate, a water-sand discharging channel, a rainwater collecting tank, and a rainwater storage chamber.
Stormwater management system
A stormwater management system includes a plurality of first cells arranged in a lower level and a plurality of second cells arranged in an upper level, each of the first cells having a body portion with an internal region, the first cells in fluid communication with one another, each of the second cells having a body portion having an inner surface with a substantially cylindrical shape and defining an internal region, each of the second cells stacked on a corresponding one of the first cells, the first cells and the second cells in combination constituting a plurality of stacked pairs, for each stacked pair the internal region of the first cell is in fluid communication with the internal region of the second cell to permit stormwater to flow from the internal region of the first cell to the internal region of the second cell.
Method of priming a drainage apparatus for siphoning liquid and drainage apparatus
A method 200 for priming a drainage apparatus 100 comprises directing liquid into the conduit arrangement at 202 via the liquid injection inlet 106b12 to fill up most of the conduit arrangement as controlled by the valves' configuration; directing liquid into the first reservoir 102 at 206 to enable more liquid to enter into the conduit arrangement via the first opening 112 and at 208, to flood the conduit arrangement to form a continuous liquid flow path which extends from the first opening 112 up to at least the second opening 114, the continuous liquid flow path creating a siphon; and with the first opening 112 kept below the liquid's surface level in the first reservoir 102, stopping the flow of liquid into the first reservoir 102 to achieve a state of equilibrium of the siphon at 210 to prime the conduit arrangement.