Stormwater Treatment
Stormwater Treatment Water Treatment
Council storm water outlet protected from traces of oil sheen entering the storm water system by using conventional storm water pits coupled with MyCelx filtration media inserts.
MyCelx Snippets in retrofit stormwater drain for oil capture
The retrofit of the existing storm water pit, a 660mm diameter pipe covered with a
standard grate cover was accomplished without need to alter the existing pipe or cover and using
standard fittings the retrofit was completed in a short time.
The outcome is an insert that filters water draining into the system to remove any hydrocarbons.
MyCelx remains unaffected by the constant passage of clean water and is only utilised upon contact
with hydrocarbons, ensuring a long and economic life of filtering at the depot.
Council Protects Lake from Contaminated Storm Water
The Stirling City Council took significant steps to protect the local lake, Herdsman
Lake in Perth, from hydrocarbon contamination carried in with stormwater from the surrounding light
industrial area and neighbouring road run-off.
Saturation of the oil is held within the Versimat (right) and holds the benefits of all MyCelx media
as it chemically bonds to the hydrocarbons and other organic contaminants and does not release into
the water, even when saturated.
The Versimat was installed upstream near the inlet source and protected the oil dispersion into the
native fauna and flora. A visual check of the media and discolouration shows the level of saturation
for changeout (bright yellow starts to discolour as it saturates the oils) and replaced by the
OLEOLOGY™ Service Team.
After result from the inlet of the Lake. Water & oil capture flow from the stormwater system
OLEOLOGY™ assisted by deploying the MyCelx media in the channels leading from the
outlets of each of the stormwater drains which lead into the lake.
The use of the MyCelx ‘boom styled’ Terraguard across each of the channels acts as an “underflow
weir” preventing surface flow oil and emulsified oil and water from flowing under the boom, as would
occur with conventional booms.
The second line of containment employs MyCelx Versimats, the large high floating mats are ideal for
capturing the sheen should it escape the first line of containment during high flow events.
The high floating and high buoyancy booms are still capturing oil contaminants up to 12 months after
initial deployment. Unlike other booms, MyCelx continues to float even when fully saturated with oil
for up to one year (left photo).
Each of the booms is able to capture up to 30kg of oil or organic contaminates, giving them the
highest capacity and longest deployment life of any boom available.
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