Stormwater360 donates StormFilter
28 Jul 2010
Stormwater360 donates StormFilter to the South Pacific Centre for Marine Science (SPCMS)
The New Zealand based company Stormwater360, has made a unique donation to the Leigh redevelopment. Opus Engineers, consultants for the SPCMS project, contacted the company as part of the requirement to treat storm water before discharging it into the ocean.
The directors of Stormwater360 are both keen divers, graduates of The University of Auckland and have visited Leigh many times. As the company was originally established to reduce the effects of storm water pollution on the marine environment and is a strong supporter of the University’s work at Leigh, the directors felt it was very “appropriate to support the upgrade of the facility” with this donation.
The company donated a Stormwater360 StormFilter with a retail value of $15,000. The unit is made up of three perlite StormFilter cartridges that will remove fine suspended solids and associated contaminants such as copper, lead and zinc from road runoff.
In the past, storm water drained into the sea unfiltered, but with this new installation, the water will be of better quality and more environmentally friendly. It will also help keep the whole site cleaner, according to UniServices Project Manager, Bob Jones.
He says that without the generous donation from Stormwater360, SPCMS would not have been able to acquire this device.
Stormwater360 has over 500 StormFilter installations in New Zealand including Victoria Park Tunnel, Tauranga Harbour Bridge, Sylvia Park shopping centre and North Shore Hospital.
The above article is an excerpt taken from the Auckland University Faculty of Science newsletter Number 3 July 2010.
For more information about the South Pacific Centre for Marine Sciences, visit: http://www.marine.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/science/about/departments/leigh/about_leigh/about_leigh_home.cfm