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Indian River Lagoon Restoration Project
Church Street NSBB™ + UFF Implementation
Cocoa Village’s Nutrient Neutralizer NSBB™
Plans for the Church St NSBB™ began in June of 2017 when
project engineering firm QLH Associates surveyed the Cocoa
Village drainage basin and determined the Church St outfall
to be a focal point for pollution discharge into the Indian River.
Therefore, by installing the NSBB™ in line with the existing
drainage system prior to this termination point, basin runoff
can be filtered of contaminates prior to discharge, drastically
lowering nutrient pollution impacts in the Indian River Lagoon.
In order to assure maximum nutrient removal, the model 10-16
NSBB™ utilizes a custom end chamber filtration system filled with
Bold & Gold® biosorption activated media. Bold & Gold® media
forms sorbent surface bonds with water molecules, effectively
establishing a media nutrient cycle that actively captures any
nutrients via biological consumption, resulting in denitrification.
Installation personnel work on completing the
upflow filtration chamber plumbing prior to
installing the Bold & Gold® Media.
Pollution Prevention Preparations to Save Our Lagoon
The Nutrient Separating Baffle Box® or NSBB™ is an advanced
multi stage hydrodynamic separator that specializes in online
sediment and nutrient capture without associated headloss
and scouring. Both designed and manufactured by Suntree
Technologies Inc®, the Church St NSBB™ includes a patented
screen system used to capture and store debris in a dry state,
minimizing nutrient leaching, septicity and affording an easier
maintenance method. A SkimBoss® Floating Skimmer amplifies
the effects of the included Hydro-Variant Technology®, bolstering
pollutant capture potential and detention time. The incorporation
of a custom upflow filtration box containing Bold & Gold® Media,
allows the system to drastically increase its nutrient removal
effectiveness and promote denitrification, significantly reducing
the estimated 5,200lbs of phosphorus and 26,000lbs of nitrogen
flowing through Cocoa outfalls to a fraction annually.
Installation personnel gathered in Cocoa Village on 3/13/18
at Church St to begin the installation of the model 10-16
NSBB™. The installation process spanned two days to complete
successfully without any hindrances. The success of the Church
St NSBB™ is another important step in the progression toward
restoring a prized national estuary, realized by the efforts of DP
Development of the Treasure Coast, QLH Associates, Lindsay
Precast Concrete, Ferguson Waterworks, Suntree Technologies
Inc®, the City of Cocoa and the IRLNEP. Their efforts to mitigate
the nutrient pollution and eutrophication ravaging throughout
the Indian River Lagoon, will promote the increased propagation
of native fauna and flora, resulting in a healthy and prosperous
estuarine habitat for countless generations of wildlife, residents
and visitors to live, explore and thrive far into the future.
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Setting of the NSBB™ top section within the
Church Street trench in Cocoa Village.
The completion of this NSBB™ installation project
will afford a vital and invaluable stormwater
management system for the City of Cocoa,
implementing another step in the IRL’s recovery.
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“Specializing in Innovative Stormwater Management Solutions Since 1993”