EROSION CONTROL | Sediment and Erosion Control on... -
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Published on: 10/15/2006
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Hunter Bruce, vice president and technical engineer for SpreadRite Organics in Birmingham, AL, points out that in the Southeast, the erosion control practice is to set up perimeter protection before clearing begins on a construction site.
"People will have to be more involved and do the erosion control measures throughout the site, not just at the beginning," Bruce asserts.
He's heartened by some trends he notes.He says his company is starting to see more post-construction measures instituted at new developments, including many larger commercial developments that may institute a "trickle-down" effect.
"We are seeing bioswales, sediment ponds being turned into either dry or wet ponds, and we are starting to see a little bit of a movement of potential green roofs on a smaller scale, but I think that is going to be a bigger deal in the metro area," he says.
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"We've been instrumental in trying new things,different diameters, sizes, and colors," Bruce says.He notes that the company has been using the Filtrexx FilterSoxx for more than a year and has not encountered a client who does not like it,compared to other methods,after it's installed.
"From my standpoint as an engineer, this is a new technology, and a lot of guys are so used to the old school that it's tough to change," he says."I think the movement is starting to happen, not only with Filtrexx FilterSoxx but also with wattles.We don't even bat an eye now when it comes to a rain event."
With it being a newly approved technology, FilterSoxx has a learning curve, Bruce says.Filtrexx offers an annual certification course, taken by Spread Rite employees."The process of putting it down requires a large machine as far as getting the area prepped," says Bruce.
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"It's a filter, not a ban," Bruce says of the socks.
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"There are so many projects where you go back and there are metal posts and metal wire, and the fabric has degenerated over time," Bruce says."Odds are that wire and posts will stay there until the homeowner or someone gets out there to remove it, and there's a big cost associated with that.
"A lot of the post, wires, and big rolls you have when you are picking up silt fence doesn't need to go into a landfill," he says.
Bruce says while the Filtrexx FilterSoxx may cost slightly more at the front end, the approach is more cost-effective in the long run, considering the cost of removing other products.
"And from the standpoint of it being EPA-approved, the counties and cities in our locale like to see it more because they know it works better," he says.
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Bruce says permit authorities do not conduct inspections frequently enough."In our locale, they are ramping up, trying to get funding to do a better job," he says.
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