Environmental studies have shown that untreated run off can cause irrevocable harm to ecosystems, causing particular damage to aquatic habitats as well as causing long term damage to watersheds; ie. rivers, lakes and oceans. Following Federal guidelines but locally enforced, any industrial, municipal or site over 1 acre will require permits and monitoring of minimal control standards. The current Best Management Practice (BMP) is a water track that is dug out on site where bags containing a filtering agent (anionic polymer), known as 'flock logs' are placed along the track. In an ideal scenario, as the water flows down the track, the filtering agent cleans the water (polymerization). In reality this system can yield unreliable results. The main problems with this system are poor construction, the exposure to the elements, and adequate available space on the job site.

The importance of conformity and reliability of a flock log track is the difference between meeting/exceeding governmental guidelines per the Clean Water Act Phase III (regarding the number of Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU), amount of suspended particles allowed when dewatering construction sites) or failure which has devastating effects on the environment. Federal EPA guidelines in the Clean Water Act of 1977 Phase III will cast a wider net across the range of companies that will be impacted. Many of these companies, due to size and nature of business, will find it difficult to comply with the new requirements. Flocate Industries offers a turn-key, cost effective solution as a part of your SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan).