After stormwater leaves your drains and pipes they often flow into a treatment device. Council stormwater treatment systems include Litter screens and Gross Pollutant Traps (GPTs), Grass and sand filters, and Constructed wetlands.
Litter screens and Gross Pollutant Traps (GPTs)
- The establishment of regional stormwater treatment systems within both new and existing urban areas is a growing trend for Councils.
- Litter screens and gross pollutant traps within our urban areas have become a necessity – their function is to reduce the amount of litter and organic matter that flows into our waterways.
- Although often unsightly, their function is crucial to the health of our waterways.
Grass and sand filters
- It is easy for people to recognise the adverse impacts of visible pollutants like litter, but most of the critical stormwater pollutants are invisible to the human eye.
- Recessed grassed roadway mediums help filter out stormwater run-off contaminants such as ammonia, road grime and brake pad dust.
- Respecting the role of these roadside filters is critical, and not treating them as just another place to park your car or truck.
Council constructed wetlands
- Nitrogen and phosphorus are two of the most important nutrients present in the outflow of stormwater.
- Although much of the phosphorus can be removed through grass and sand filters, nitrogen treatment usually requires an aquatic environment such as a bio-filter, lake, or wetland.
- Built wetlands can be used to treat a number of dissolved contaminants, as well as remove small suspended particles such as sediments.
Find out more about council stormwater treatment and the regulation of stormwater systems by councils
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