Abstract: Stormwater and fluid management runoff systems, apparatus, and methods for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management box for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management box may include a top plate and a base plate having a plurality of spaced apart columns positioned therebetween. The stormwater management box may include one or more side panels positioned between the top plate and the base plate, each side panel comprising a cover. The stormwater management box may also include a truss, the truss running perpendicular to the vertical plane of the one or more side panels and fitting within a vertical space between an upper surface of the bottom plate and a lower surface of the top plate.

Abstract: A module that is useful for receiving stormwater when buried in permeable media comprises a base from which a plurality of columns extends upwardly, to support two or more different-elevation horizontal plates. Each plate has a plurality of holes, through each of which a column extends. The plates are secured to the columns at their respective elevations by self-acting engaging means comprising a latch, e.g. a peg extending radially from the column, and a mating receiver, e.g., an elastically deflectable plate having a hole that receives the peg. The angular orientation around the column of the self-acting engaging means varies with the plate elevation, so that for example, the first plate is only engageable at the first elevation and the second plate is only engageable at the second elevation. A module is assembled by lifting or lowering each plate along the column lengths until the plate becomes automatically engaged at the particular plate's predetermined elevation.

Abstract: Stormwater management systems, methods, and apparatus for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management crate for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management crate may include a top plate having a first plurality of support column attachments and one or more support column assemblies located below the top plate; the one or more support column assemblies being affixed to the top plate at the support column attachments. The stormwater management crate may further include a bottom plate having a second plurality of support column attachments located below the support column assemblies. Stormwater management crates may be arranged into an array and include side panels of variable heights. The array of stormwater management crates may be further wrapped in sediment impervious material and serve to restrict stormwater flow as part of a stormwater management system.

Abstract: Fasteners for fastening at least two parts, comprising one or more pins and one or more tabs on a first part, one or more holes and one or more connectors on a second part, and wherein the one or more pins of the first part are inserted into the one or more holes of the second part and the one or more tabs of the first part are snapped onto the one or more connectors of the second part to form a manifold.

Abstract: A module that is useful for receiving stormwater when buried in permeable media comprises a base from which a plurality of columns extends upwardly, to support two or more different-elevation horizontal plates. Each plate has a plurality of holes, through each of which a column extends. The plates are secured to the columns at their respective elevations by self-acting engaging means comprising a latch, e.g. a peg extending radially from the column, and a mating receiver, e.g., an elastically deflectable plate having a hole that receives the peg. The angular orientation around the column of the self-acting engaging means varies with the plate elevation, so that for example, the first plate is only engageable at the first elevation and the second plate is only engageable at the second elevation. A module is assembled by lifting or lowering each plate along the column lengths until the plate becomes automatically engaged at the particular plate's predetermined elevation.

Abstract: Fasteners for fastening at least two parts, comprising one or more pins and one or more tabs on a first part, one or more holes and one or more connectors on a second part, and wherein the one or more pins of the first part are inserted into the one or more holes of the second part and the one or more tabs of the first part are snapped onto the one or more connectors of the second part to form a manifold.

Abstract: A plastic leaching chamber is provided and includes a chamber substrate constructed from a PET material and having opposing side base flanges which lie in a horizontal plane and extend lengthwise along the chamber substrate. The chamber substrate includes opposing sidewalls extending upwardly from each of the opposing side base flanges to a top of the chamber substrate and includes a lengthwise center plane which is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. The opposing sidewalls define a plurality of leaching openings having at least one tab slot opening located proximate thereto, and a plurality of louver articles constructed from at least one of a PE and a PP material. Each of the louver articles include a tab which is configured to engage a tab slot opening to securely associate the plurality of louver articles with the chamber substrate to cover the at least one leach opening.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a grease interceptor for treating wastewater by separating and retaining contaminants. In some embodiments, the grease interceptor may comprise a tank having a top wall, a bottom wall, opposing side walls, an upstream end wall, and a downstream end wall, a baffle extending transversely between the opposing side walls and dividing the tank lengthwise into a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the baffle comprises, a hollow center compartment having an inflow opening for receiving a flow of wastewater and a slot opening for discharging the flow of wastewater into the first chamber, a first outer compartment and a second outer compartment located on opposing sides of the center compartment, wherein the first outer compartment and the second outer compartment each comprises an inlet opening for receiving the flow of wastewater from the first chamber and an outlet opening for discharging the flow of wastewater into the second chamber.

Abstract: Fasteners for fastening at least two parts, comprising one or more pins and one or more tabs on a first part, one or more holes and one or more connectors on a second part, and wherein the one or more pins of the first part are inserted into the one or more holes of the second part and the one or more tabs of the first part are snapped onto the one or more connectors of the second part to form a manifold.

Abstract: A grease interceptor for use with a wastewater treatment system comprises a tank which is divided by a baffle into a first chamber and a second chamber. Wastewater flows from an inflow pipe into a first chamber of the tank. The wastewater may then flow through openings in the baffle to a second chamber of the tank. The wastewater may then flow through an outlet pipe in the second chamber to exit the system. The inflow pipe may comprise a flow restrictor which may restrict the flow of wastewater within the inflow pipe.

Abstract: Weir systems, methods, and apparatuses for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a modular weir may be used to isolate suspended solids from a flow of water in a stormwater management crate array. The modular weir may include a plurality of weirs configured to isolate the flow of water from the stormwater management crate, a plurality of column grooves along the one or more weirs configured to extend around a plurality of columns in the stormwater management crate, an inlet located at a first end of the plurality of weirs configured to receive the flow of water within the stormwater management crate, and a cap located at a second end of the plurality of weirs configured to contain the flow of water within the modular weir.

Abstract: A rectanguloid shape six-walled thermoplastic box for receiving and dispersing stormwater, when part of an array of like boxes that is buried in media, has interior bracing in the form of an irregular polyhedron structure comprised of up to six hollow pyramids. The truncated apexes of the pyramids meet near the center of the box. The base of each hollow pyramid is contact with, attached to, or integral with a wall at the location of an opening within which is a grate. A box may be injection molded as a single piece molding with living hinges. Alternatively, the pyramidal polyhedron structure may be formed as a separate element and placed within the walls of a box.

Abstract: A rectanguloid shape six-walled thermoplastic box for receiving and dispersing stormwater, when part of an array of like boxes that is buried in media, has interior bracing in the form of an irregular polyhedron structure comprised of up to six hollow pyramids. The truncated apexes of the pyramids meet near the center of the box. The base of each hollow pyramid is contact with, attached to, or integral with a wall at the location of an opening within which is a grate. A box may be injection molded as a single piece molding with living hinges. Alternatively, the pyramidal polyhedron structure may be formed as a separate element and placed within the walls of a box.

Abstract: A septic tank for storing and treating wastewater may be provided. In one implementation, a septic tank, having a first lengthwise end, an opposing second lengthwise end, a top, a bottom, a horizontal centerplane, and a vertical lengthwise centerplane, and a basic wall thickness T may be provided. The septic tank may include corrugated walls and an oblong flange lying nominally in the horizontal centerplane. The tank may further include opposing endwalls, each endwall integrally connecting an end of a first sidewall to an end of a second sidewall. The endwalls may include an endwall top, an endwall side running from the upper half tank flange to the endwall top along an inward slant, and the endwall side may along a curve which is a semicircle or a portion of a curve.

Abstract: Stormwater management systems, methods, and apparatus for containing and filtering runoff may be provided. In one implementation, a stormwater management crate for managing stormwater runoff may be provided. The stormwater management crate may include a top plate having a first plurality of support column attachments and one or more support column assemblies located below the top plate; the one or more support column assemblies being affixed to the top plate at the support column attachments. The stormwater management crate may further include an intermediate plate may be located below the top plate and above the bottom plate. The intermediate plate may have a third plurality of support column attachments. The intermediate plate may be lightweight and may weigh less than one or both of the top plate and the bottom plate.

Abstract: Stormwater management systems, methods, and apparatuses for containing and filtering runoff are provided. Disclosed embodiments may include a top plate including a first plurality of side panel attachments and a bottom plate including a second plurality of side panel attachments. Embodiments may include a plurality of support column assemblies between the top plate and the bottom plate. Each support column assembly of the plurality of support column assemblies may include an upper portion and a lower portion and the upper portion and lower portion may be configured to connect at a mating connection. Embodiments may also include one or more side panels. Each of the one or more side panels may include one or more column bearing components. The one or more column bearing components may be configured to contact at least one support column assembly of the plurality of support column assemblies at one or more contact areas. The one or more contact areas may be located above or below the mating connection.