Corydon Coppola

"It Starts and Stops with Water"

*Water is a fundamental resource necessary for human survival, yet the lack of access to clean and safe water currently plagues 783 million people worldwide. Drinking water and water used for other domestic purposes only comprises 10% of global water use.
*An enormous 70% of the worldwide water sources go towards agriculture and irrigation.
*Pollution and other contaminants in the water have been scientifically proven to cause sickness and disease in everyone from infants to the elderly.
*Worldwide, nearly 20% (1 in 5) of all the deaths in children under the age of 5 is caused by a water-related disease.
*Children of all ages lose a total of 443 million school days after contracting diseases from the water they drink simply in order to survive.
*Millions of people are being unjustly denied access to the clean water imperative to their survival.
*Come learn how we can turn the tide. Proactively protecting Bodies of Water, UnderGround Infrastructures & more.

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Flo-Water EZ- 2 Step

Flo-Water EZ-2 Step

UnderGround Infrastructure Protection

EZ-Flo w/ Curb -Installed 3-27-2020 -Maintenance every 3 months -Storm Grate never removed

• Simple Install & Maintenance

• Stop Sediment, Trash, Debris, and more.

Flo-Water Step 1: EZ-Flo w/ curb & overflow

Magnets atop of Storm Grate & Curb

Place atop of storm grate. The magnets, and Flo-Strips seal the fabric to the face of the Storm Grate.

Inspect monthly. When maintenance is needed, simply remove from grate by lifting, and clean off sediment, trash, debris, and more.

Backwashing will extend life of the EZ-Flo.

Foster Efficient Municipal StormWater Inspections

When EZ-Flo is filling up too quickly, then inspection upstream will pinpoint the problem areas, enabling corrections. Simplifying cities inspection processes following rain events. Use the Storm Drain Systems to keep upstream BMP’s correctly in place and operating efficiently.

Flo-Water Step 2: EZ-Catch

EZ-Catch UnderGrate Inlet Protection installed below grate. Normal Maintenance performed annually.

Combine the EZ-Catch UNDER the Storm Grate, with the EZ-Flo (w/ overflow) ABOVE of the Storm Grate. Only the huge rain events, failed upstream BMP’s, or no maintenance being performed would enable unfiltered water to pass through the EZ-Catch.

Flo-Water 2-Step Video (Auburn University) https://www.flo-water.net/videos/2020/8/3/nep1kjp54288i7umem9f2vaydukuhe

Flo-Water EZ-2 Step

UnderGround Infrastructure Protection

Construction Site Best Management Practices

We all need to applaud the BMP movement on erosion control. Minimizing erosion enables the reduction of sediment when the wattles, sediment logs, silt fence, basins, hydromulch, erosion blankets, transition mats, vegetation, etc. are professionally installed & maintained. These dollars being spent are necessary and beneficial. However, when the BMP's fail, or when the storms overtake the BMP's, wouldn't it make sense to have a safety net? Combining the two yields most for all. Simplify Inspection.

Non-Construction StormDrain Protection

Money is currently being spent dredging wetland & lowland areas, cleaning out and repairing underground infrastructures, repairing pump stations, cleaning up Bodies of Water, Remediation, and more. Combine the two worlds. Erosion & Sediment Control. 50/50

We currently spend large amounts of money dealing with the results of sedimentation entering our Underground Infrastructures on their way to our Bodies of Water. Teams of stormwater professionals are being formed to help pinpoint where these problems are, and how to rectify them. Yet, how do we know where to look when it rains? If the Flo-Water 2-Step is in place everywhere, you know where to look. Operating with a map pinpointing any problems upstream, while protecting until the upstream problems are resolved.

Construction Sites: Current inspectors can inspect the inlet following rain events or every two weeks. If it is filling up too quickly the municipalities know where to send their stormwater professional.

Municipal StormDrains: Require the EZ-Flo maintenance every 3 months, and EZ-Catch Maintenance annually.

Proactive solutions to the larger cost sediment events should be the approach. Redirecting the current dollars being spent should enable us to largely cover the costs of implementation, inspection, maintenance, and replacement annually.

“Capturing Sediment on the Go, Enabling Clean Water to Flow!”

Post Construction Inlet Protection

Municipalities, Universities, Military, Facilities, Developments. 

How much do we spend on underground infrastructure systems?  A lot.  Aside from building, the maintenance and repair & the annual cleaning out of systems, starts adding up.

Why not drastically lower the costs spent on this resulting in:

  • Cleaner Stormwater Entering our Bodies of Water

  • Job Creation

  • Drastic reduction of the debris, trash,  sediment, etc. from entering our Underground Infrastructure Systems.

  • Environmental advancements made by and for your community.

How do we do this. 

EZ-Catch, EZ-Flo, & EZ-GlipGuard Inlet Protection is the first step.

Reduce the dollars spent on repair, maintenance. and annual cleanings dramatically.

These dollars saved easily pay for:

  1. 2 EZ Inlet Protection Units per Outlet

  2. Labor to rotate these every 2-3 months (Back for cleaning, and back wash)

  3. Labor to inspect following large rain events

  4. Other programs.  You will save money while doing the right thing.

So, let's step up.  Which municipality, military branch, company would like to be involved in showing the rest of the world how following what you do will result in greatness for all.

Flo-Water:  Capturing Sediment on the Go, Enabling Clean Water to Flow.

Sediment Control

The need to deal with StormWater is here.  New advancements in Products and Solutions are raising the bar in the following areas.

1. Increased Erosion 2. Water Shortages 3. Reusable Water 4. Construction, Urban Areas, Cities, Towns, & Farmers need to act.

Check out Flo-Water.net for revolutionary ideas in Sediment Control.

Increased flow rates, greater filter efficiency, and positives to end-users:

Saving Time, Labor, Equipment, and Money. . . . .While increasing performance.

Isn't it great when it makes financial sense to save the environment.

Corydon Coppola, CPESC

Flo-Water

Lower flow rates, weaker fabric, improper spacing of stakes combine for a failed silt fence application.

Lower flow rates, weaker fabric, improper spacing of stakes combine for a failed silt fence application.

Conventional wisdom has installers using too many stakes or t-posts to avoid problems above.

Conventional wisdom has installers using too many stakes or t-posts to avoid problems above.

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Capturing Sediment on the Go. . . . 

Enabling Clean Water to Flow.

Available in 500' rolls with no stakes

 

Wind from right to left, the HiFlo Silt Fence held it's form in the wind.  It not only kept it's composure, but allowed air through to the other fences behind it.  Enabling them to wave in the wind. 

Wind from right to left, the HiFlo Silt Fence held it's form in the wind.  It not only kept it's composure, but allowed air through to the other fences behind it.  Enabling them to wave in the wind.