Volume 2-05, Chapter 3 - City of Wichita

Volume 2-05, Chapter 3 - City of Wichita Volume 2-05, Chapter 3 - City of Wichita

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Section 3.3.1 - Proprietary Treatment Systems 3.3.1 Proprietary Treatment Systems Secondary Water Quality Facility Description: Manufactured structural control systems available from commercial vendors designed to treat stormwater runoff. Example of a manhole media filtration system (Park Environmental Equipment) KEY CONSIDERATIONS DESIGN CRITERIA: • Independent performance data must be available to prove a demonstrated capability of meeting claimed TSS removal performance • System or device must be appropriate for use in Sedgwick County, Kansas conditions ADVANTAGES / BENEFITS: • Typically small space requirement • Can often remove coarse sediments well DISADVANTAGES / LIMITATIONS: • Depending on the proprietary system, there may be: • Limited performance data; • Application constraints such as poor removal of fine sediment; • High maintenance requirements; • Higher costs than other structural control alternatives. • Installation and operations/maintenance requirements must be understood by all parties approving, owning, using and maintaining the system or device in question STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SUITABILITY Water Quality Protection Channel Protection On-Site Flood Control Downstream IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS L H H Land Requirements Relative Capital Costs Maintenance Burden Residential Subdivision Use: Depends on the specific proprietary structural control High Density/Ultra-Urban: Yes Drainage Area: Depends on the specific proprietary structural control Soils: No restrictions L=Low M=Moderate H=High Note: It is the policy of this Manual not to recommend any specific commercial vendors for proprietary systems. However, this section is being included in order to provide a base rationale for approving the use of a proprietary system or practice. Volume 2, Technical Guidance Page 3 - 147

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