Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a buoyant plant habitat for removing excess nutrients and other pollutants from a body of water and thereby remediating the water. The buoyant plant habitat may be used to remediate any suitable body of water, including ponds and lakes (both natural and manmade), streams and rivers, and stormwater, wastewater or drainage ponds. The buoyant plant habitat comprises a rigid, non-biodegradable grid structure into which a plurality of aquatic plants is placed. As the plants grow, they take up excess nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous) and other pollutants from the water. From time to time, the top portions of the plants are removed by cutting. This cutting of the permanently removes the excess nutrients that have been taken up and stored by the cut portion of the plants. The cut plant matter may then be composted or otherwise disposed of.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 22, 2010
Publication date:
October 27, 2011
Applicant:
ACF Environmental, Inc.
Inventors:
Kevin Shea Songer, Rinaldo Joseph DiLoreto, III
Abstract: A curb inlet filter for filtering out sediments and the like flowing into a curb inlet, includes a filter body, including a water permeable, substantially rigid, elongated frame having an upstream side and a downstream side thereof, and an elongated filter cover formed around at least one of the sides of the frame. The filter cover is formed of a filtration material to filter out sediments and the like. Further, a weight support attached to a bottom of said filter body for supporting a weight, and a support strap connects the weight support to an upper portion of the filter body.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2008
Assignee:
ACF Environmental
Inventors:
David K. Kelley, Gene M. Diloreto, Craig S. Wyler
Abstract: A curb inlet filter for filtering out sediments and the like flowing into a curb inlet, includes a filter body, including a water permeable, substantially rigid, elongated frame having an upstream side and a downstream side thereof, and an elongated filter cover formed around at least one of the sides of the frame. The filter cover is formed of a filtration material to filter out sediments and the like. Further, a weight support attached to a bottom of said filter body for supporting a weight, and a support strap connects the weight support to an upper portion of the filter body.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 26, 2005
Publication date:
April 26, 2007
Applicant:
ACF Environmental
Inventors:
David K. Kelley, Gene M. Diloreto, Craig S. Wyler