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The Hydro Toolkit for Stormwater Management
Since the company's formation in 1980, Hydro International has advocated sustainable stormwater management and, through intensive research and product development Hydro have produced a 'Toolkit' for SUDS. Browse the Toolkit, below.
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Hydro Filterra® Bioretention Filtration System
A natural stormwater treatment system with a high removal efficiency for stormwater pollutants, which also aesthetically enhances the urban environment. The combination of carefully selected trees or shrubs with specially designed filter media allows bacteria, metals, nutrients and total suspended solids (TSS) to be removed naturally resulting in effective, natural stormwater management. Click here for more information
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Hydro-Brake® Flow Control
A self-activating vortex flow control device that has been used to prevent upstream and downstream flooding at many thousands of installations worldwide. The Hydro-Brake® Flow Control provides superior hydraulic performance over conventional flow regulators resulting in up to a 30% reduction in stormwater storage volumes and saving up to 50% on overall project costs. Click here for more information
Case Studies
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The small harbour and fishing port of Portpatrick, opposite Belfast from the Galloway coastline, lies at the foot of a range of hills which catch the prevailing rain coming over Ireland from the Atlantic. To help alleviate flooding incidents from the Dinvin Burn.....
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The pretty Northampton villages around Weedon, in the upper River Nene valley, suffered disastrous flooding in 1998, with Weedon Bec being particularly affected. To alleviate this problem, the Environment Agency (EA) and consultants Halcrow have put into place a dam project to contain floodwater.....
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As part of the flood alleviation programme for the main street of the pretty Leicestershire village of Worthington, Severn Trent Water designed a 310 m3 stormwater storage facility. To provide the discharge control, Severn Trent Water specified a Hydro-Brake® CX183 flow control.....
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Stormbloc® Stormwater Storage / Infiltration System
A celluar block type structure used predominantly for providing below ground surface water infiltration and soakaway systems. Stormbloc® is the only 'crate' type system on the market with a patented maintenance/inspection tunnel through each block. Strong enough to withstand traffic loads, Stormbloc® can be installed under roads, parking areas, driveways and landscaped areas without additional protection. Stormbloc® Inspect is a modular access chamber which has identical dimensions to a Stormbloc® module and so can be easily be incorporated into the layout of the system. With connection points on all four sides to the inspection tunnels in the Stormbloc® modules the Stormbloc® Inspect offers an unrivalled level of accessibility to any Stormbloc® Installation. Click here for more information
Case Studies
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A forward-looking sustainable drainage solution has helped make the development of 400 muchneeded homes on the South Coast economically viable by using infiltration basins and a wetland pond with Hydro's Stormbloc® to manage stormwater runoff......
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New primary and secondary schools being built in Exeter as a PFI venture between Mowlem plc and the Devonshire County Council Local Education Authority were subject to a maximum stormwater discharge level, as part of the planning consent......
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The new Thickthorn Park and Ride, Norwich, at the interchange of the A11 and A47 Trunk routes, is the culmination of several years' infrastructure improvements by Norfolk County Council to the City's points of entry by road.....
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Redeveloping the Bicester Wyvale Garden Centre greatly increased the impervious area and stormwater runoff - yet existing discharge limits still had to be met. Increased attenuation storage was required but within a very limited space......
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Stormcell® Stormwater Storage System
A cost-effective, versatile, modular underground storage system suitable for installation beneath roads, car parks and amenity areas. Stormcell® is installed utilising a patented pipework system which prevents the entry of silts and grits into the storage volume. Click here for more information
Case Studies
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Stormwater discharge restrictions imposed on a greenfield site for the new Cradley Primary School, in the rolling Herefordshire border country outside Malvern, meant an extensive flow control system was required......
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Sustainable commercial development has received a boost in North Wales with the installation of Hydro International's Stormcell® and Hydro-Brake® Flow Control stormwater control systems on one of the biggest......
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In developing 25 homes at Cannon Lane and Brook Lane in Tonbridge, Kent, Hillreed Homes had to implement specialist measures for building on a flood plain......
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In developing 25 homes at Cannon Lane and Brook Lane in Tonbridge, Kent, Hillreed Homes had to implement specialist measures for building on a flood plain......
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To meet the required stormwater discharge constraints from Barratt Southern Counties' prestigious 11 Hectare housing development at Dettingen Park, near Camberley, Hemsley Orrell Partnership (HOP) Consulting Engineers, selected Hydro's Stormcell®.......
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Downstream Defender® Stormwater Treatment System
The most advanced hydrodynamic vortex separator for the removal of sediment, oil, floatables and associated pollutants from stormwater. The Downstream Defender® is proven to be more efficient than other structural treatment devices in as little as 1/2 the footprint and is the only separator with internal components proven to prevent pollutant washout. Click here for more information
Case Studies
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A precious part of London's remaining medieval common land has been saved from the threat of pollution from nearby highways with a simple solution using Hydro's Downstream Defender®. Mouchel Parkman, on behalf of the Highways Agency......
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The Fastlink Project is part of a far-reaching transport and development action plan for the Lothians and Edinburgh region. It comprises new road transport links in the Livingston/Edinburgh corridor to control vehicle commuter traffic through West Lothian.......
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Up-Flo® Stormwater Filter
A very efficient high rate stormwater filtration technology for the removal of trash, sediments, nutrients, metals and hydrocarbons from stormwater runoff. As the industry's only fluidised bed up flow filtration technology, the Up-Flo® Filter provides a higher level of treatment, a higher rate of filtration, longer life of filter media and a longer maintenance cycle than other filter systems. Click here for more infomation -->
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StormBank® Rainwater Harvesting System
A cost-effective rainwater harvesting system suitable for toilets and external use. Easy to install, use and maintain.
Case Studies
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Officially opened by HRH the Princess Royal, the Forestry Commission's newly-built environmental classrooms in Staffordshire are using rainwater recycling equipment from Hydro International for toilet flushing to save on mains water usage.......
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Opened in September 2008, a new 420 pupil primary school, Ysgol Clawdd Offa, has been built in Prestatyn for Denbigshire County Council, and is designed for optimum sustainability, including a StormBank® Pro rainwater recycling system from Hydro International........
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