GEPS: A Sustainable Stormwater Infiltration Solution

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GEPS Combined with Permeable Pavers Allows Increases Lot Yield

The City of Houston has two paths for the use of permeable pavers. The first is guidance for soils where the infiltration rate is less than 1/2″ per hour. This is typically the most common path due to the fact that the soils are primarily clay, and drain slow. In this application, Permeable surfaces can be counted for water quality, but there is no additional benefit from employing the practive. Given the cost of the investment, there are often much cheaper methods to meeting this requirement. The other path is if the infiltration rate of the soils is greater than 1/2″ an hour. in the case, you can count the entire surface as pervious, thus reducing your detention storage requirment. What is often the inhibotor of this being a cost effective approach or not has to do with the infiltration rate of the soil, and more often than not, this prohibits developers from being able to take advantage of the rule. GEPS changes this. Due to its ability to increase infiltration rates in clay soils by up to 10 times, using it in conjunction with permeablke pavers can result in smaller overall detention ponds, thus increasing lot yield and improving a developers bottom line.

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Enhancing Dry Ponds to Meet Regulatory Standards in Florida

In much of Florida, dry ponds that are designed to infiltrate stormwater are the most sought after Best Management Practice by municipalities and engineers alike. Due to their ability to infiltrate stormwater, thus preventing runoff, they get the highest level of pollutant removal. The challenge comes when your soils won’t infiltrate, the practice cant be deployed and much costlier best management practices must be used instead. IIn markets where the use of such practices require minimum infiltrations rates, GEPS can improve the natural soils ability to infiltrate so that the practice can be used where it might not have been allowed otherwise. By enhancing the infiltration rate of in-situ soils by up to 10 times, GEPS transforms dry basins into highly efficient stormwater infiltration systems. This innovative product is the perfect solution for engineers, developers and municipalities seeking to improve their stormwater infrastructure. GEPS works by improving soil permeability, breaking hydrostatic barriers that inhibit water absorption through various soil layers, and efficiently distributing stormwater throughout the pore spaces within the ground. When applied to dry basins, it ensures that stormwater is absorbed more quickly and effectively, reducing surface runoff and the risk of flooding. This not only helps protect from flooding but also promotes groundwater recharge and improves overall water quality.

By increasing the infiltration capacity of soils, GEPS reduces the need for costly infrastructure improvements. Whether you’re a civil engineer, developer, or municipal official, GEPS provides a reliable, eco-friendly solution to enhance stormwater management!

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My Dry Pond is Wet and I’m Failing Inspection in Colorado

Water rights dictate much of what is and is not allowed in the Centennial State. When Owens Corning stormwater infiltration pond was holding water, the state needed it corrected ASAP. Owens Corning in Denver leaned on GEPS to help solve their standing water issue. GEPS is designed to augment soil and increase the infiltration rates by up to 10 times. When applied inside a stormwater pond, it breaks the hydrostatic pressure that builds between layers. allowing water to move freely through the various soil layers. This, along with the micro-agitation of soils over time, increase the soils ability to retain water as well as disperses the water evenly and efficiently throughout the various soil layers. Combine this with the cost savings over the potential of having to reconstruct and regrade the existing stormwater pond, you can see that GEPS is the obvious choice.