Imbrium announced that its storm water treatment product, SorbtiveFilter, has received approval from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for stand-alone storm water quality treatment throughout the state, including in the environmentally vulnerable Chesapeake Bay region.
SorbtiveFilter incorporates Imbrium's oxide-coated SorbtiveMedia to provide storm water treatment with unprecedented phosphorus removal capabilities--including dissolved phosphorus, a major cause of the algae blooms, and reduced dissolved oxygen that threatens the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The MDE performed an extensive review of SorbtiveFilter and
SorbtiveMedia’s performance, including analysis of field and lab testing results, approving the treatment product as a stand-alone device in addition to use in pretreatment, redevelopment and retrofit projects.
Rigorous field testing shows that SorbtiveFilter captures 89% of sediment,
78% of total phosphorus and an unprecedented 44% of dissolved phosphorus from storm water runoff. It addresses the stringent requirements in the current phosphorus-based total maximum daily loads, including the needed phosphorus load reductions to protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
