Abstract: An apparatus and system for removing debris and contaminants from water passing through a storm drain generally includes a debris trap adapted to fit within a storm drain a porous, filtering element adapted to separate debris from a water flow passing through the storm drain and a frame for directing the water flow into the porous element. The debris trap includes a frame element adapted to substantially prevent bypass of the debris trap, especially during low water flow conditions. The system may further include a debris block adapted to prevent debris from entering a back curb inlet opening of the storm drain. The debris block includes foam end members for adjustably securing and/or sealing the debris block to edges of the drain inlet.

Abstract: A flow through drain filter for removing trash, sediment, liquid hydrocarbons, and metal ions comprised of at least four concentric screens having a deionizing filter material disposed between an exit screen and a second middle inner screen and hydrophobic and liquid hydrocarbon absorbent material disposed between first and second middle screens and a sediment capture space between the first middle screen and a trash exclusion intake screen.

Abstract: This invention is a filter for a street curb inlet catch basin that comprises a removable filter basket assembly, a funnel to channel storm water into the basket, and a support structure that holds the filter in place within the basin by means of bracing the structure against the basins interior walls without altering the interior walls of the basin.

Abstract: A means to engage two vertical pipes or tubes of unlike and increasing size that have been co-inserted such as with a roof or floor drain, in a manner that prevents the contained fluid from overspilling when the said pipes become full or when the fluid flows in a direction opposite from normal gravity flow, which is generally considered as flow from the smaller to the larger pipe. The means of engagement closes the void between the inside diameter larger pipe and outside diameter smaller pipe to withstand fluid pressure in a way that accounts for angular misalignment, pipe or tube eccentricity, manufacturing tolerance, as well as tube condition and debris attached to either pipe sidewall. More specifically, a roof drain system for existing roofs or new construction including a flanged outlet pipe for insertion into the roof drain pipe with the flange mounted on top of the roof. A water straining system is mounted on top of the flange.

Abstract: A flow through drain filter for removing trash, sediment, liquid hydrocarbons, and metal ions comprised of at least four concentric screens having a deionizing filter material disposed between an exit screen and a second middle inner screen and hydrophobic and liquid hydrocarbon absorbent material disposed between first and second middle screens and a sediment capture space between the first middle screen and a trash exclusion intake screen.

Abstract: A filter assembly (20) for a drainage basin (22) is disclosed. The filter assembly includes a filter (28), a liquid director (32) adapted to guide liquid into the filter. The filter assembly also includes an attachment assembly (30) fastened to the filter. The attachment assembly adapted to selectively attach the filter to the drainage basin.

Abstract: A drain filter pad and system for the same for preventing silt, debris and contaminants carried by storm and other runoff water from entering a storm drainage system. The filter pad comprises a porous outer shell with a permeable pad enclosed in the outer shell for attachment to the upper surface of the drain inlet grate. The outer shell is a synthetic mesh that blocks debris and larger contaminants from the drainage system. The permeable pad is an organic material that blocks silt and absorbs contaminants. The outer shell has an opening at one end for replacing the permeable pad. A closure mechanism closes the permeable pad in the outer shell. Fasteners securely attach the filter pad to the inlet grate without requiring removal of the grate. One such fastener passes through holes in the filter pad to interact with the underside of the grate.

Abstract: An insert for use in a sewer system to remove oils and solvents carried by surface water runoff. The insert includes a holder and a quantity of water permeable, hydrophobic, oil and solvent absorbing material such as melt blown polypropylene. The holder has two functions. It holds an effective quantity of the absorber and holds it in such a way that the surface water is exposed to the absorber to allow oils and solvents to be absorbed. The insert in preferably placed, cartridge-like, at the inlet or outlet of the sewer system so that it may be quickly checked, replaced and serviced. In one embodiment, the insert also contains a leaf trap.

Abstract: A silt filtration system is adapted for placement at an inlet of a storm water catch basin. The filtration system cooperates with a grate located adjacent a street curb at a mouth of the inlet to separate silt and debris entrained in storm water entering the catch basin. The filtration system includes a frame adapted for residing between the grate and the mouth of the inlet. The frame has elongated front, rear, and opposing side frame members. A filtration medium is supported within the frame, and is arranged to filter storm water entering the catch basin through the grate. A backsplash is attached to the rear frame member. The backsplash extends outwardly from the grate and upwardly into an open curb space between the grate and the curb, such that storm water splashing over the grate and into the curb space is deflected by the backsplash into the filtration medium within the frame.

Abstract: A temporary silt guard for temporarily enclosing the open upper end of a drop inlet during the construction of a road system in commercial and residential developments is adapted to fit over and seat upon the open end of the drop inlet to enable runoff water to drain into the drop inlet while preventing silt and debris from being carried into and collected therein. The silt guard includes a body portion formed from a series of spaced slats defining radially spaced passages through the silt guard. A filter cover is received over the silt guard, formed from a silt screen material, with the slats of the body portion providing rigidity and strength to the filter cover. The filter cover filters out silt and debris while enabling storm water and runoff to drain into the drop inlet.

Abstract: A silt guard apparatus for filtering runoff water, including a fluid distributing pan coupled to a silt guard or filtering device. The silt guard apparatus is fitted over and seated upon a drainage pipe for controlling erosion at construction sites and for trapping and preventing oily residues and/or solid particles such as silt and other debris from being washed into, collected or being otherwise deposited within a water drainage pipe with the runoff water, while still enabling water to drain therethrough. The fluid distributing pan of the present invention includes an orifice, and may further include a fluid receiving body surrounding the orifice and a connecting member contiguous with the fluid receiving body. The connecting member functions to couple the silt guard to the fluid distributing pan to form the silt-guard apparatus, which in another embodiment is interconnected and substantially sealed to the drainage pipe.

Abstract: A rainwater filter assembly (1) comprises a housing provided with an inlet (9) and an outlet (3), the inlet is adapted to receive rainwater discharging from a downpipe (10), and in use the assembly (1) is located in series with an underground pipework (27), the housing defines a silt collection chamber (7) in which silt can settle from water passing from the inlet to the outlet, the entrance (23) to the outlet from the silt collection chamber being located above the base of the silt collection chamber, and the housing containing or supporting at least one filter (9) adapted to filter coarser material than silt from the rainwater. Advantageously the filter assembly is capable of filtering coarse material from the water and provides a silt collection chamber so as to reduce the quantity of particulate material that passes to the pipework in the ground and to the soakaway normally connected to such pipework.

Abstract: A plastic floor drain for use with a floor sink in which a thin lip is provided around the outside of an upper edge to provide good engagement with the sides of the floor sink to prevent leakage between the sides of the floor sink and the sides of the floor drain. Also, in order to provide controlled nesting, a recess and interacting tabs are provided to control the depth of nesting. An alternative structure to provide controlled nesting is a recess in each side that provides an inside projecting surface on which an upper filter basket floor rests.

Abstract: A catch basin curb inlet filter assembly for preventing debris from being swept into the catch basin by rainwater. The filter assembly has first and second outer filters, an inner filter located between said first and second outer filters adjacent the lower longitudinal edges thereof, and a rigid rib member located between the first and second outer filters. The first and second outer filters have identical configurations. Each of the first and second outer filters may be provided with an overflow passageway adjacent the mid-portion of the top edges thereof. The first and second outer filters, inner filter, and rigid rib member are attached together to form the filter assembly. At least two strap openings extend through the filter assembly to permit a flexible or rigid strap to pass therethrough for attaching the assembly to the curb grate of a catch basin.

Abstract: An adjustable drain apparatus includes a drain base received within a floor. A flange is coupled to the drain base. A ring is disposed in a flange cavity and selectively movable therein. A grate is coupled to the ring. At least one retainer is coupled to the flange to retain the ring in the flange cavity. Preferably, two opposite rings selectively secure the ring in the flange. The flange has two different orientations with respect to the drain base to selectively position the grate at two different elevations with respect to the drain base.

Abstract: A cover for a housing—and particularly for a swimming pool drain—is lockable by a bridge having downwardly extending upper arms and upwardly extending lower arms that are drawn towards one another by a bolt passing through threaded upper and lower hubs for the arms and having a first thread along an upper substantially one-half length thereof and a second opposing thread along a lower substantially one-half length thereof, with the bridge also having bearing feet pivotally connected between adjacent facing ends of the arms to exert increasing pressures against inside surfaces of the housing as the arms are drawn towards one another in securing a rested cover for the housing into a lock position.

Abstract: A debris-catching system for preventing debris from falling into the pipe opening at the bottom of a manhole catch basin. The debris-catcher comprises two semi-circular halves hinged together such that the two halves may be folded and inserted into a manhole opening. The debris-catcher comprises aligned apertures that allow it to be hooked and lowered into a manhole. The two halves are opened up to form a circular blocker which sets on the manhole bottom flat base. The debris-catcher allows normal effluent flow through the manhole while in place. The debris-catcher floats and will do so during an overflow condition. Further, the debris-catcher will resume its protective function after an overflow condition has subsided.

Abstract: A catch basin insert or filter is supported in an open type curb inlet storm drain found on streets and in parking lots. Catch basin filters and inserts are designed to collect coarse sediments, oil, grease and debris from storm water runoff. Such filters normally require support on all four sides of a grate using the weight of the grate. A loop and rod attaches one or more sides of a filter or insert inside a curb inlet storm sewer vault instead of using the weight of the grate.

Abstract: A catch basin curb inlet filter assembly for preventing debris from being swept into the catch basin by rainwater. The filter assembly has first and second outer filters, an inner filter located between said first and second outer filters adjacent the lower longitudinal edges thereof, and a rigid rib member located between the first and second outer filters. The first and second outer filters have identical configurations. Each of the first and second outer filters may be provided with an overflow passageway adjacent the mid-portion of the top edges thereof. The first and second outer filters, inner filter, and rigid rib member are attached together to form the filter assembly. At least two strap openings extend through the filter assembly to permit a flexible or rigid strap to pass therethrough for attaching the assembly to the curb grate of a catch basin.

Abstract: A storm-water control header for a culvert has a vertical head-wall with a thimble on the downstream side, and an adjustable inlet control device including a weir on the upstream side. The thimble is positioned within the culvert, and passes water from the weir to the culvert. A low flow section at the inlet control device allows water to pass from the bottom of the device at a low controlled rate to the culvert. A cover on the top of the control device excludes floating matter from the culvert.

Abstract: A filter canister for use within a storm water sewer system. The filter canister includes a hollow retention body and a lower tapered filter. The retention body defines a top and a bottom, and is positionable within the storm water sewer system so as to direct fluid flow from the top to the bottom. The lower tapered filter defines a vertex end and a base. The lower tapered filter is attached to the bottom of the retention body such that the vertex end extends upwardly toward the top. In one preferred embodiment, a pelletized treatment media, such as peat-based, activated carbon-like pellets, is contained within the retention body. During use, the treatment media removes contaminants from water flow entering the filter canister. The lower tapered filter directs the removed contaminants toward an outer periphery such that the accumulated contaminants have minimal effect on a flow rate capacity of the filter canister.

Abstract: A pool drain safety cover system and method. The system includes a base defining at least one primary fluid aperture and a plurality of secondary fluid apertures. The cover also includes a grating extending across at least the primary fluid aperture for permitting the passage of drain water therethrough. The grating has at least an upper and a lower layer. The upper and lower layers are adjacent, and each is comprised of a plurality of spaced ribs for permitting the passage of fluid in a clearance space between the ribs.

Abstract: A draining device is disposed within a drain port, which is defined by an upper end of a drain pipe embedded in the ground at an elevation below the ground surface. The draining device includes a tubular base member which has an open upper end, a closed lower end, a bottom wall, and a peripheral wall that extends between the upper and lower ends and that is formed with a plurality of drain openings. A water guiding tube is attached within the base member, and extends into the peripheral wall of the base member. The drain openings of the base member are located around the water guiding tube at an elevation above a lower end of the water guiding tube. The water guiding tube has open upper and lower ends, and is capable of guiding water from the upper end of the base member to the bottom wall of the base member.

Abstract: A sewer basket and its support are to be positioned at any selected level within a vertical sewer pipe having an interior surface and an opening, of reduced size or not, at street level. The basket support is secured to the interior surface of the sewer pipe to receive the basket that includes a plurality of filter units adjacently and releasably resting on the basket support. Each filter unit is so sized as to get through the sewer opening while being in a substantially horizontal orientation. Each filter unit includes a frame, a filter screen secured to and closing the frame, and a handle device accessible from the pipe opening to properly position, place and retrieve the unit on and from the basket support respectively. Preferably, an intermediate support having a generally flat lattice shape releasably rests on the basket support to itself support the filter units.

Abstract: A temporary silt guard for temporarily enclosing the open upper end of a drop inlet during the construction of a road system in commercial and residential developments is adapted to fit over and seat upon the open end of the drop inlet to enable runoff water to drain into the drop inlet while preventing silt and debris from being carried into and collected therein. The silt guard includes a body portion formed from a series of spaced slats defining radially spaced passages through the silt guard. A filter cover is received over the silt guard, formed from a silt screen material, with the slats of the body portion providing rigidity and strength to the filter cover. The filter cover filters out silt and debris while enabling storm water and runoff to drain into the drop inlet.

Abstract: A storm sewer filter apparatus for filtering liquid runoff has a liquid capturing container shaped to fit into a storm sewer drain opening and has an elongated trough forming a periphery around the liquid capturing container adjacent the storm sewer drain opening. One or more oil filtering booms are positioned in the liquid capturing container elongated trough for removing oil from the liquid entering the storm sewer. The liquid capturing container has a plurality of fine screen outlets therefrom in the bottom and bottom portion sides and a plurality of coarse screens, coarser than the bottom fine screens, located in the middle portion of the liquid capturing container. A plurality of overflow openings are located in the upper portion of the liquid capturing container so that oil in the liquid runoff entering the storm sewer drain opening is captured and removed in the trough with the oil filtering boom and debris and solids are captured in said container to allow filtered water to enter the storm drain pipe.

Abstract: An insert for use in a drain basin, comprising an outer wall defining a periphery of the insert and having a top edge and a bottom edge. A perforated bottom surface extends across the lower periphery of the insert. A filter, resting on the perforated bottom surface, has a peripheral edge enclosing a central portion. A flange extends inwardly from the top edge of the outer wall past the peripheral edge of the filter. The flange directs drainage water past the periphery of the filter and to its more central portion, whereupon impurities within the drainage water are extracted and filtered water exits through the perforated bottom surface into the drain basin. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inward-extending flanges are angled downward toward the filter. In a second embodiment, the filter, bottom surface and inward-extending flanges are arranged in a cartridge, which is removably placed inside the periphery of the outer wall.

Abstract: An adjustable drain apparatus to be positioned with a floor therearound. The drain has a drain channel, having an upper end to receive fluid, and a lower end to expel the fluid. The drain also has a base, positioned proximate to the drain channel, having a cavity to receive the fluid expelled from the lower end. Additionally, the drain has pivoting means, coupled to the lower end of the drain channel, for enabling pivoting of the drain channel relative to the base. Moreover, there is a securing means for pivotally securing the pivoting means to the base. Uniquely, the securing means comprises a pair of plates, each having an inner concentric substantially spherical surface designed to mate with the pivoting means and be coupled to the base. Also, the pivoting means comprises a ring having an inner surface that is attached to the lower end of the drain channel, and an outer spherical surface designed to smoothly pivot against the spherical surfaces of the pair of plates.

Abstract: A temporary silt guard for temporarily enclosing the open upper end of a drop inlet during the construction of a road system in commercial and residential developments is adapted to fit over and seat upon the open end of the drop inlet to enable runoff water to drain into the drop inlet while preventing silt and debris from being carried into and collected therein. The silt guard includes a body portion formed from a series of spaced slats defining radially spaced passages through the silt guard. A filter cover is received over the silt guard, formed from a silt screen material, with the slats of the body portion providing rigidity and strength to the filter cover. The filter cover filters out silt and debris while enabling storm water and runoff to drain into the drop inlet.

Abstract: A storm sewer filtering apparatus is provided having a filter bag forming a rectangularly shaped substrate retaining volume. A flat bottom surface remains at the bottom of the filter bag and forms the majority of the filtering surface. Geotextile fabric forms a filtering media and incorporates a plurality of woven webbing reinforcement straps to provide additional strength to the finished filter bag. The woven webbing is affixed to the geotextile filtering media by conventional stitching methods, and extends beyond the edge of the respective sidewall for attachment to a drain grate. Rigidly affixed to each terminal end of the attachment strap is a retaining block that is linearly elongated and made of a rigid material, such as wood, metal, or hard plastic.

Abstract: The sewer basket is to be positioned at any selected level within a vertical sewer pipe having an interior surface and an opening at street level without in any way modifying the same. A basket support is provided comprising an expandable support for extending entirely around the interior surface of the sewer pipe and having at least one pair of opposite spaced free ends that define inturned ears through which a bolt extends and the ears are spread apart by nuts screwed on the bolt. For a sewer pipe of circular cross-section, the basket frame and the support frame are both of circular shape, the expandable frame having a single pair of spaced ears with a single bolt extending through the ears. For sewer pipes of quadrilateral shape, both the basket and the support frame are similarly quadrilateral, the support frame being made of two U-shaped sections each having opposite free ends defined by inturned ears and a bolt with nuts extending through each pair of ears.

Abstract: An ion removal arrangement includes a filter having a filter material made of synthetic or naturally occurring crystalline hydrated aluminum silicates having a framework structure, which contain alkaline or alkaline earth ions. The filter is formed as a double pipe cartridge having an inner pipe and an outer pipe. The filter material is filled in the annular space between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. The filter is installed in the cast iron gutter pipe of a gutter system.

Abstract: A modular insert for curb-inlet storm drains creates a composite collection system for trash and for oil or other hydrocarbons and related chemicals. A hopper contains a multitude of irregular, macroscopic fragments of a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material having high surface area. Preferably, the material is formed with a binder in a novel extrusion process. The fragments absorb and retain permanently a high quantity of oil and other chemicals passing through the hopper, while permitting a high water flow-through rate. The fragments are held in place by a removable bottom plate, which allows replacement of the filtering fragments, and an internal basket. Trash and debris are collected in the internal basket. The hopper is configured to be suspended in a storm drain adjacent to a curb inlet on a bracket and can be installed or serviced through a conventional manhole entry. The hopper has a side cutout that permit lateral overflow from one of the modular units to an adjacent one.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon capturing device includes a retainer that is inserted into the end of an outlet pipe in a storm sewer catch basin. The retainer includes a ring that expands under a bias against the inner surface of the outlet pipe and radially extending fingers mounted to the ring that prevent insertion of the ring into the pipe too far. Two hooks are mounted to the retainer near the upper side of the outlet pipe to fasten one end of a hydrophobic, hydrocarbon-absorbing fabric sheet to the retainer. The opposite end of the sheet extends into the passageway of the outlet pipe, thereby floating atop any water that flows through the pipe during and after a rainfall or snowfall.

Abstract: The present storm drain filter comprises a tubular housing with a solid vertical surrounding wall and sized for being recessed inside a storm drain. The housing is supported in the drain by a flange around its top edge. A tubular cartridge is detachably attached to a solid annular bottom plate of the housing. The cartridge comprises a solid annular top cover coaxial with a solid annular bottom closure; vertical tubular inner, intermediate, and outer screens concentrically connected between the top cover and bottom closure; and filter media enclosed between the screens. A central overflow opening inside the inner screen is aligned with a hole on the bottom plate of the housing. An annular debris trough is defined between the cartridge and the housing. Debris flowing into the filter is collected in the trough. As the level of debris rises and obstructs the lower part of the outer screen, the unobstructed upper part of the outer screen continues to filter the water.

Abstract: A drain grate in an opening to a drain system which retains trash and debris upstream from the opening while permitting slow flow of water, and which opens completely when confronted with high rates of flow.

Abstract: A catch basin insert or filter is supported in an open type curb inlet storm drain found on streets and in parking lots. Catch basin filters and inserts are designed to collect coarse sediments, oil, grease and debris from storm water runoff. Such filters normally require support on all four sides of a grate using the weight of the grate. A loop and rod attaches one or more sides of a filter or insert inside a curb inlet storm sewer vault instead of using the weight of the grate.

Abstract: An adjustable downspout screening device that is width adjustable to allow the adjustable downspout screening device to be used with a variety of gutter downspout sizes.

Abstract: A device in draining gutters comprises a gutter member (11) adapted to be imbedded in a hole in a floor in relation to the surrounding floor, connectable to a conduit (6) for draining water, said member being adapted to receive water, and an arrangement for sealing the floor covering (8) in relation to the gutter member, for preventing water from finding its way between the latters. This sealing arrangement has means (23, 24, 25) aranged to seal against the floor covering (8) by bearing on the latter from above around an upper water receiving opening (32) of the gutter member.

Abstract: A drain assembly with a shaft that has an enlarged shoulder at its upper end supports a basket assembly by providing a peripheral resting surface for peripheral flange members that extend outwardly from the connected upper end of the mesh walls forming the basket. A bar member used as a handle is rigidly mounted within the basket's cavity longitudinally therein. A grill cover assembly in removably mounted within the peripheral shoulder sandwiching the flange members.

Abstract: The roof drain cover of the present invention comprises a dome-shaped strainer adapted to sit over a roof drain pipe, a bolt going through the strainer at the center thereof, protruding from the same to downwardly extend within the pipe and having a bolt head accessible from above the strainer and abutting the same, an anchor and a disc-like stop. The anchor includes a nut screwed on the bolt, a pair of wings pivoted on the nut and foldable along the bolt and towards the strainer against the bias of a spring carried by the nut. The tips of the wings are adapted to frictionally engage the inner face of the pipe under the bias of the spring to prevent rotation of the nut when the bolt is screwed within the strainer. The disc-like stop is secured to the bolt above the nut and engages the wings to cause firm anchoring engagement of the wing tips with the pipe when the stop approaches the nut during screwing of the bolt.

Abstract: A drain channel having a bottom and two sidewalls. A domed strainer is attached to the bottom surrounding a drain port, spaced from both sidewalls. A rigid brace is rigidly attached to both sidewalls and to the dome. It has apertures which will pass water to all sides of the domed strainer, and provides mutual reinforcement of the strainer and the sidewalls. If desired a trough can be telescopically fitted to the drain channel.

Abstract: A trap for mounting in a catch basin having a wall with a cylindrical opening provided therethrough. The trap, which is designed to impede floating pollutants from leaving the catch basin, includes a front plate member with an outlet opening, a rear plate member with an inlet opening, and a connecting member extending between and connecting the front plate member and the rear plate member. The trap is arranged so that it can be mounted to the wall of the catch basin by inserting it through the cylindrical opening. A further aspect provides a trap having a front plate member with an outlet opening and a rear plate member with an inlet opening, and connecting means for mounting the plate members on the wall of the catch basin. Also provided is a process for constructing a trap in a side wall of a catch basin, comprising steps of boring a cylindrical opening through the side wall with a coring machine and securing a front plate member and a rear plate member to the side wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating floating and non-floating particulates from drain water wherein the apparatus includes a first chamber for collecting non-floating particulates, a second chamber for collecting floating particulates, and a third chamber through which treated drain water can be discharged from the apparatus. An inlet pipe for introducing drain water into the first chamber is provided tangential to the first chamber to provide a vortex flow of drain water into the first chamber, and an outlet pipe providing flow of drain water from the first chamber to the second chamber has an inlet at the vortex of drain water flow in the first chamber.

Abstract: A modular insert for curb-inlet storm drains creates a composite collection system for trash and for oil or other hydrocarbons and related chemicals. A hopper contains a multitude of irregular, macroscopic fragments of a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material having high surface area. Preferably, the material is formed with a binder in a novel extrusion process. The fragments absorb and retain permanently a high quantity of oil and other chemicals passing through the hopper, while permitting a high water flow-through rate. The fragments are held in place by a removable bottom plate, which allows replacement of the filtering fragments, and an internal basket. Trash and debris are collected in the internal basket. The hopper is configured to be suspended in a storm drain adjacent to a curb inlet on a bracket and can be installed or serviced through a conventional manhole entry. The hopper has a side cutout that permit lateral overflow from one of the modular units to an adjacent one.

Abstract: A filter apparatus (10) having an upstream first filter grate (17) to which stormwater is delivered so that litter is filtered therefrom. Litter is delivered to a first litter collection surface (20). Extending upwardly from the surface (20) is a filter wall (22) having a filter portion (31) through which the stormwater again passes to filter litter therefrom. A second filter grate (24) extends from an upper portion of the wall (22), the second grate (24) leading to a second litter collection surface (26).

Abstract: A locking grate for a floor sink includes a screen member having holes dimensioned to allow the passage of liquid but prevent the passage of solid waste and a mounting hole, a threaded member dimensioned to extend through the mounting hole, and a locking member which is adapted to be engaged by the threaded member. According to a presently preferred embodiment, the threaded member is a screw having a non-standard or atypical head which requires a non-standard or unusual screw driver. The locking member includes a tube which is orthogonally engaged by the screw and which has at least one rod slideably disposed therein. The tube and the rod are arranged such that when the screw engages the tube, the screw forces the rod to slide partially out of the tube. The end of the rod which extends out of the tube is preferably provided with a surface which frictionally engages the inner wall of the floor sink drain pipe.

Abstract: A storm-drain insert has separate collection systems for trash and oil or other hydrocarbons. A tilted grate separates trash from oily inlet water and directs the trash to a separate basket, and the water flows through a corrugated, flexible canister containing a hydrophobic, compliant, oil-absorbent, copolymer material arranged in a number of bodies having high surface area. Preferably, the material is formed with a binder in a novel extrusion process. The inserts can be suspended in a storm drain adjacent to a curb inlet.

Abstract: A catch basin guard and filter for preventing entry into a catch basin and subsequently a storm drain. The preferred embodiment provides a form fitting cover having a grate. The invention is designed for catch basins being installed in construction sites. The invention blocks the inlet of a catch basin, thereby deterring the entry of debris, animals and, most importantly, children. This deterrent increases the completion of construction because the catch basin will need less cleaning and evacuating before coupling to the existing storm drain system. The invention additionally has a mesh filter covering the grate, and a second embodiment employs overflow apertures to provide for the passing of fluids should the filter become clogged.

Abstract: A self-relieving curb inlet filter, for intercepting debris, to be positioned in the opening of conventional pre-cast and cast-in-place curb inlets, for reducing water pollution in lakes, rivers, streams, and oceans. The present invention is one-piece molded apparatus with screened grid configuration of vertical and horizontal members spaced to allow liquids and small debris to go into the storm sewer system while intercepting large sized debris. The present invention permits accumulated debris collected to be released into the storm sewer system, usually during heavy rainfall events, when flow/debris pressure, against the present invention, increases sufficiently to move/open the present invention. The present invention moves/returns to the original position when flow/debris accumulation pressure decreases from the present invention.