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The Importance of Oil Capture

The Importance of Oil Capture

By: Imbrium Systems
Picture yourself leaving home on a typical day.  You get in the car and drive off to the store or to work, mind busy, yet unaware of what was left behind where the car was parked. Oil. Just a few drops perhaps, maybe more. And as you travel down the road a little more drips out, and a bit more after you park the car at your destination. Now imagine the thousands or millions of other vehicles ...

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Testing OGS Devices for Oil Capture and Retention

Testing OGS Devices for Oil Capture and Retention

By: Imbrium Systems
Manufacturers of oil-grit separators (OGS) routinely make claims that their device will capture oil. While that sounds good on the surface, there are more facets to consider in determining whether an OGS will actually perform effectively in protecting downstream water bodies from oil contamination throughout the typical range of storm events. This includes differentiating “oil capture”...

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Stormwater Tidbits – A Public Education Series Part 5: Road Salts … How are those chlorides impacting us?

Stormwater Tidbits – A Public Education Series Part 5: Road Salts … How are those chlorides impacting us?

By: Imbrium Systems
It’s that time of year again - temperatures have dropped below freezing, and the wintery weather has blown in. Departments of Transportation, state, local and city road crews are being kept on their toes, applying roadway treatments and safe passage for all of us. It is estimated that the US spends approximately $2.3 billion annually to keep highways free of snow and ice, and roughly 20% of...

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Stormwater Tidbits – A Public Education Series Part 4: Maintenance? Aww, Do I Hafta?

By: Joel Garbon
So you just plunked down tens of thousands of dollar for a brand new vehicle, and as you drive it home you’re feeling really good about the crisp acceleration, great handling, and sharp looks of your latest investment. A few thoughts run through your mind of the upkeep that will be required to keep this beauty running fine and looking great. Regular oil changes….coolant checks…...

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Developing New Technology: Question Everything!

By: Jordan Kahlenberg
It’s 8 AM on a Monday morning and you’ve just sat down at your desk.  To help ease into the work week, you enjoy a hot cup of coffee and pick up your favorite stormwater industry magazine for some light reading.  As you sip and flip the pages, you come across several advertisements touting the wonders of products old and new.  You notice an ad from a familiar company and...

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Stormwater Tidbits – A Public Education Series Part 3: Taking Out the Trash

By: Imbrium Systems
Few activities can be as calming as taking a quiet stroll along an isolated beach on a gorgeous day. The beauty of the water, rhythm of the waves, flight of shorebirds, soft cushion of moist sand underfoot, scent of salty air…so many spectacles of nature that soothe the soul and inspire gratitude for our physical senses. The scene and experience can feel so harmonizing. When such a walk i...

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Stormceptor® MAX Wins 2016 Waters Next Award for Stormwater Technology

By: Imbrium Systems
Whitby, ON (July 7, 2016) – Imbrium Systems was awarded a 2016 Waters Next Award in the stormwater technology category for the Stormceptor® MAX stormwater treatment system. The Water’s Next Award program is the only national awards program to honor leadership across the entire water sector—including public servants, non-governmental groups, researchers, municipalities, and t...

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Stormwater Tidbits – A Public Education Series Part 2: Loving Your Car and the River Too!

By: Imbrium Systems
Nearly everybody remembers the very first car they owned. The reasons vary. For some it was a rite of passage into adulthood, the first real taste of independence from Mom and Dad. Perhaps it was the coveted reward of much hard work at a minimum-wage job and scrupulous saving, and being able to proudly say “I bought it, it’s mine!” It may have produced the liberating thought...

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Imbrium® Systems Releases New On-line Stormwater Design Tool

By: Imbrium Systems
Linthicum, MD (January 7, 2016) – Imbrium Systems announced the release of the new on-line PCSWMM for Stormceptor® - an advanced stormwater treatment sizing and design tool. PCSWMM for Stormceptor is the fastest, easiest way to determine the most appropriate size hydrodynamic separator/ oil grit separator for your site. PCSWMM for Stormceptor uses continuous simulation modelling to dete...

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