The
AquaLogic system allows the following methods of lease, sale and
maintenance:
- Lease (includes AquaLogic maintenance)
- Purchase with Owner-provided maintenance
- Purchase with AquaLogic-provided maintenance
There
are numerous benefits to both owners and developers when implementing
the AquaLogic stormwater abatement filtration system compared to sand
filter basins for treating stormwater runoff:
- Applying the requirements in TCEQ Technical Guidance
manual RG-348 results in the AquaLogic basin having a reduced basin
size of approximately 30 to 45 percent when compared to a sand filter
basin handling the same water volume
- The smaller required size of the AquaLogic basin
results in a reduced initial construction cost when compared to a sand
filter basin
- TCEQ-documented total suspended solid (TSS) removal
efficiency is greater than the removal efficiency for a sand filter
basin (95 vs. 89)
- The AquaLogic design methodology and size results in
added flexibility of land use
- Because an AquaLogic basin requires less volume than a sand
filter basin based on the TCEQ design guidelines, the option exists to
convert an earlier designed sand filter basin to an AquaLogic basin
thereby increasing the available impervious area on a property without
the need to increase the size of the storm water filtration basin, or
the need to add an additional basin
- The TCEQ design guidelines do not require an access
ramp into the AquaLogic basin due to the ability to manually perform
maintenance without the need for heavy construction equipment; TCEQ
guidelines require access ramps for sand filter basins
- The TCEQ design guidelines do not require the
designer provide a maintenance staging area for AquaLogic basins,
whereas they require an 800 square foot staging area for sand filter
basins because of the same general need to periodically perform
maintenance with heavy construction equipment
- For this same reason, the TCEQ guidelines only
require a minimum 8 foot wide maintenance access road for AquaLogic
basins, whereas they require a 12 foot wide access road for sand filter
basins
- The AquaLogic design methodology allows it to be
functionally place underground thereby providing additional usable
surface landscaping and/or parking space
- The ease of maintenance of the AquaLogic basin
results in reduced annual maintenance cost when compared to a sand
filter basin
- The AquaLogic design methodology results in reduced
health and public safety risks when compared to a sand filter basin
Examples:
Plaza Las Campanas:
- 44 percent reduction in size compared to original
sand basin design
- Preservation of natural eco-area for staging and/or
future utilization
- Estimated construction cost savings of $278,000