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The Contech Design Center enables engineers to accelerate the design process for bridge and stormwater projects, generating project-specific drawings, engineering calculations, and CAD files while collaborating with Contech engineers. This helps reduce design time, ensures regulatory compliance, and improves constructability. |
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The audience engagement at our recent Contech webinar titled “Smart CSO/SSO Storage Solutions: Designing Resilient Systems for Today’s Infrastructure” was fantastic, proving that as municipalities deal with increased contaminated runoff, stricter regulations, and aging infrastructure, the hunt for reliable wastewater storage is heating up. Our presentation included several key design considerations for Contech’s DuroMaxx® SRPE tanks, which lead to various insightful questions. Many of the questions reflected similar themes, so I thought it might be beneficial to share a few – and the answers behind them to help designers better understand how the DuroMaxx® steel reinforced PE technology performs.
Infrastructure leadership carries a unique ethical burden. When a storm system fails, basements flood. When a culvert collapses, roads close – or worse. When wastewater containment systems fail, ecosystems suffer. These outcomes are not abstract. They affect real people.
Being buried under dirt might be one of the most common fears people have. However, if you were a stormwater management device (or the human designing it) you might begin to worry about not having enough dirt over your system. How much is enough earth cover? Can I put too much? What backfill materials are suitable? Whether you are designing a hydrodynamic separator, a filter, or any of the diverse options of detention and retention systems; You need to know the answers to these questions, and we are here to help.
Biofiltration and bioretention systems are sometimes viewed skeptically in cold climates, where freezing temperatures, snow management, and deicing practices raise concerns about performance and durability. In practice, however, many biofiltration systems operate successfully in cold regions when they are designed with winter conditions in mind. The key is understanding potential cold-climate risks and mitigating them through thoughtful design, operation, and maintenance planning.
