Stormceptor® case studies

Application – Texas Highway Projects Use Stormceptor for Cost-Effective Sustainability

Stormceptor protects the Edwards Aquifer’s recharge zone
Covering over 4,350 square miles and 11 counties, the Edwards Aquifer is the sole source of drinking water for over 1.7 million residents in this growing region of south-central Texas. Stormceptor was found to be ideal for protecting the Aquifer’s recharge zone (the area where surface water enters the aquifer).
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Case Study – Transformed Army Base is a Model for Sustainable Residential Communities

Currie Barracks in Calgary Relies on Stormceptor
As part of the sustainability initiative, 10 Stormceptor systems have been installed in Currie Barracks to lessen the development’s stormwater footprint, giving Currie Barracks a more sustainable response to rainwater runoff.
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Case Study – Municipal Snow-Melt Site Incorporates Stormceptor

Ontario Town Protects Major River, Historic Moraine
Stormceptor is playing a key role in an innovative municipal snow melt program, capturing and containing pollutants in spring runoff to protect the fragile ecosystem of the Rouge River on Ontario’s Oak Ridges Moraine.
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Application – Chemical Spill Capture

Industrial Park: Unreported Spill Discovered in Stormceptor
A routine inspection of a Stormceptor on the grounds of a Southern Ontario municipally-owned hockey arena revealed an astonishing discovery. More than 13 gallons (50 liters) of “mystery oil” was found in the system -- and no one knew where the oil had come from.
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Application – Protecting Airports

Major Airports Rely on Stormceptor
Fueling, runway maintenance, drips, spills and construction all pose a risk of pollution at airfields, which are commonly located at the edges of cities, adjacent to tributaries and other fragile ecosystems.
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Case Study – Cottage Country, ON

Protecting waterfront development
A hydraulic hose from an industrial crane on a waterfront development site ruptured last summer, sending litres of hydraulic fluid dangerously close to the lake's shoreline.
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Case Study – Georgia Power

Stormceptor proficiency protects power plant
Providing coal-powered electricity, Plant Hammond needed to remove stormwater pollutants from a retention pond used for cooling the facility’s turbines. The site needed a treatment device that could operate with partially submerged pipes.
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Case Study – Kelowna, BC

Protecting waterways from fuel spills
After a serious car accident at a busy intersection, fuel from a truck’s ruptured gas tank poured into city storm drains. City officials feared the worst, imagining the gasoline would travel through storm pipes and eventually contaminate Lake Okanagan.
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Case Study – Peterborough, ON

Stormceptor shines in severe storm
Peterborough suffered a devastating storm in 2004 with over 14 billion litres of water falling in under five hours – the equivalent of water flowing over Niagara Falls for 40 minutes.
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