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Use of high flow rate absorbing filters an alternative for hydrocarbon recapturing

Airport fueling facilities at mid-sized and large airports typically have secondary containment for above ground fuel tanks and truck loading/unloading racks. Many such airports do not have secondary containment for refueler staging

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areas or aircraft refueling areas. The use of high flow rate hydrocarbon absorbing filter media has wide application in passive stormwater pre-treatment systems and also in spill containment of water-borne fuel spills. This filter media is gaining acceptance in municipal, industrial, and aviation environments.

The primary function of secondary containment areas is to capture and contain fuel spilled during incidents, thereby preventing its release to the environment. Since these secondary containment areas are normally exposed to the elements, they also collect stormwater during storm events. This stormwater is potentially contaminated due to residual fuel in the containment areas, and therefore it must be processed on site prior to discharge.

Secondary containment is an environmental asset in terms of preventing infrequent fuel spills from reaching the environment, but an environmental liability in that it can generate contaminated stormwater, which causes disposal issues