FILTREXX ENVIROSOXX POLLUTANT REMOVAL FILTER SOCK

Filtrexx EnviroSoxx Pollutant Removal Filter

Pollutant Removal - EnviroSoxx stops pollutants from leaving your site.

EnviroSoxx® is the most versatile and cost effective filter for storwater pollutant removal. A passive filtration system ready to install on any site, EnviroSoxx targets the most common pollutants in stormwater runoff, particularly in urban watersheds, sensitive receiving waters, and Total Maximum Daily Load - TMDL (§303d) listed water bodies. EnviroSoxx help industrial stormwater permit holders/MS4s comply with their permits, easily and quickly. EnviroSoxx can be applied on bare soil, vegetation, or impervious surfaces in the path of sheet flow or concentrated flow to target stormwater pollutants.

Download the EnviroSoxx Overview PDF, Design Specification, or contact our team and let us share our pollutant removal solutions.

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EnviroSoxx New Formula

EnviroSoxx Industrial Blend now also targets Aluminum, Iron, Selenium, Arsenic, Total Nitrogen, and pH!

EnviroSoxx 2x removal

NEW: On average, double your removal rates with three EnviroSoxx filters - see research below!


Filtrexx EnviroSoxx Bacteria Removal

BACTERIA

Remove up to 99%

Filtrexx EnviroSoxx Heavy Metals Removal

HEAVY METALS

Remove up to 73%

Filtrexx EnviroSoxx Nutrients Removal

NUTRIENTS

Remove up to 92%

Filtrexx EnviroSoxx Hydrocarbons Removal

HYDROCARBONS

Remove up to 99%


APPLICATIONS

  • In swales, bioswales, ditches, or channels
  • Around site perimeters or contaminated areas
  • Across landscapes or impervious surfaces
  • Around curb or drain inlets or outfalls
  • As flow or filtration baffles
  • Pre-treatment for bioretention, rain garden, storm water ponds, or similar storm water treatment systems
  • Flow velocity reduction
  • Infiltration enhancement
  • Compliance with industrial or municipal storm water permits, part of TMDL, Green Infrastructure, or Low Impact Development ordinances
  • Treatment on or around animal feeding operations, agricultural cropping systems, and mining operations
  • As an integral component of a holistic, treatment train approach to site stormwater management

ADVANTAGES

  • Reduces stormwater pollutant loads
  • Fits existing infrastructure
  • Easy to maintain & replace
  • Third-party researched
  • Use on hard & impervious surfaces such as pavement/asphalt without the need to trench or stake
  • Cost-effective system
  • EXTREME durable mesh stands up to hard surfaces and harsh site conditions

COMMON USES

  • Agriculture
  • Airports
  • Brownfields
  • Bulk storage
  • CAFO's
  • Compost facilities
  • Drilling/fracking sites
  • Equipment wash-down
  • Factories
  • Fueling stations
  • Fire water runoff
  • Golf courses
  • Heavy industry
  • Industrial sites
  • Landfills & transfer stations
  • Maintenance
  • Marinas & boat washes
  • Military bases
  • Nurseries
  • Oil & fuel spills
  • Parking lots
  • Pet parks
  • Recycling facilities
  • Roadways
  • Rooftops
  • Sewers & septics
  • Sumps
  • Vehicle wash stations
  • Urban runoff
  • Wetland overflows

TESTING & REMOVAL EFFICIENCY

EnviroSoxx is available in two filter blends to target common pollutants.
Advanced Blend: Targets a range of heavy metals, hydrocarbons, nutrients, and sediment. Also targets pH.
Industrial Blend: Targets bacteria, nutrients, hydrocarbons, select heavy metals, and sediment.

Removal efficiency test results vary by pollutant and are based on third-party and in-house research.

Actual removal rates are highly dependent on site specific environmental conditions including:

  • flow rate
  • flow volume
  • pollutant concentration
  • pollutant load
  • proper installation
  • maintenance
  • design
  • sampling methods

Filtrexx uses multiple test methods to assess EnviroSoxx pollutant removal efficiency. See Removal Efficiency References below for individual pollutant testing. Actual removal rates may vary and are not guaranteed.

Contact Filtrexx for design guidance based on your specific site conditions.

See Research References below.

EnviroSoxx Stormwater Pollutant Filter Lab Testing


Filtrexx lab testing for EnviroSoxx performance.

EnviroSoxx Industrial Blend Filter

Pollutant Group Pollutant Removal Rate TechLink Reference
Heavy Metals Aluminum (Al) 44% #3343
Heavy Metals Arsenic (Ar) 11% #3343
Heavy Metals Cadmium (Cd) 73% #3325
Heavy Metals Chromium (Cr) 47% #3325
Heavy Metals Copper (Cu) 70% #3325
Heavy Metals Iron (Fe) 44% #3343
Heavy Metals Lead (Pb) 73% #3325
Heavy Metals Nickel (Ni) 69% #3325
Heavy Metals Selenium (Se) 18% #3343
Heavy Metals Zinc (Zn) 53% #3325
Hydrocarbons Diesel 99% #3325
Hydrocarbons Motor Oil 99% #3325
Hydrocarbons Gasoline 54% #3325
Nutrients Ammonium Nitrogren (NH4-N) 54% #3328
Nutrients Total Nitrogen 20% #3343
General Total Solids 97% #3333
General TSS 80% #3317
General Turbidity 63% #3308

EnviroSoxx Advanced Blend Filter

Pollutant Group Pollutant Removal Rate TechLink Reference
Heavy Metals Cadmium (Cd) 73% #3325
Hydrocarbons Diesel 99% #3325
Hydrocarbons Motor Oil 99% #3325
Hydrocarbons Gasoline 54% #3325
Nutrients Ammonium
Nitrogen (NH4-N)
54% #3328
Nutrients Soluble
Phosphorus
92% #3322
Bacteria E. coli 99% #3325
Bacteria Total coliforms 99% #3325
General Total Solids 97% #3333
General TSS 80% #3317
General Turbidity 63% #3308

MULTIPHASE FILTRATION DESIGN: DOUBLE REMOVAL EFFICIENCY*

The design and installation of multiple EnviroSoxx in a single application can significantly increase pollutant removal performance.  New research provides science-based evidence that this technology can be a very effective best management practice and storm water treatment system used in a comprehensive treatment train design approach to meet a variety of industrial and municipal stormwater permit requirements. Space EnviroSoxx 12 inches apart for Multiphase Filtration Design.

On average, double your removal rates with three EnviroSoxx filters.

*See Research Reference TechLinks #3343 and #3344. Based on removal efficiency averages of select pollutants.

EnviroSoxx Multiphase Filtration Design

TREATMENT TRAIN DESIGN

When designing a passive filtration system, water gets cleaner as it passes through multiple filters – therefore a combination of inlet protection, runoff diversion, channel protection, and outfall filtration using EnviroSoxx is typically recommended.

EnviroSoxx can also be stacked in a pyramid style to increase the capacity of the system. As this illustration shows, each number represents a different EnviroSoxx application in a Treatment Train approach.

EnviroSoxx Treatment Train Illustration

3-WAY BIOFILTRATION

EnviroSoxx contains compost FilterMedia™ plus natural sorbents used to increase pollutant removal capacity, and to reduce pollutant transport in runoff and absorption by plants. EnviroSoxx is filled with all natural materials.

When designing a passive filtration system, water gets cleaner as it passes through multiple filters – therefore a combination of inlet protection, runoff diversion, channel protection, and outfall filtration using EnviroSoxx is typically recommended. EnviroSoxx can also be stacked in a pyramid style to increase the capacity of the system. Replacement of EnviroSoxx filters is designed according to site conditions, but is typically recommended on a quarterly basis.

Biofiltration is a technique to control pollution by using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants. A 3-way biofiltration system entails the following areas:

  • Physical: it traps sediment in matrix of varying pore spaces and sizes
  • Chemical: it binds and adsorbs pollutants in storm runoff
  • Biological: it degrades various compounds with bacteria and fungi

STORMEXX CATCH BASIN FILTER

Pair EnviroSoxx with StormExx® CLEAN Catch Basin Filter for under the grate treatment train.

StormExx CLEAN catch basin filters are designed to fit any existing stormwater drain system to capture sediment and pollutants.  StormExx uses filtering media and additives in a replaceable cartridge for under the grate stormwater treatment.

 

Learn about StormExx

StormExx Catch Basin Filter

POLLUTANT REMOVAL LIBRARY RESEARCH

2005 USCC Conference Proceedings – Filter Soxx Performance [PDF] click here

2006 Interagency Conference on Research in Watersheds – Filter Sock Research [PDF] click here

2006 IECA Conference Proceedings – Filter Soxx Performance [PDF] click here

2008 JSWC – Sediment and phosphorus removal from simulated storm runoff with compost filter socks and silt fence [PDF] click here

2009 JEQ – Storm Water Pollutant Removal Performance of Compost Filter Socks [PDF] click here

2013 Water Environment Research–Performance of Compost Filtration Practice for Green Infrastructure Stormwater Applications [PDF] click here

TechLink #3308 - USDA Fence vs. Soxx [PDF] click here

TechLink #3317 - Sediment Control on Construction Sites [PDF] click here

TechLink #3322 - P Reduction [PDF] click here

TechLink #3325 - Hydrocarbons-Metals-Bacteria [PDF] click here

TechLink #3328 - Treatment Train and Urban Runoff [PDF] click here

TechLink #3333 - Performance of Sediment Control Barriers Under Large-Scale Testing [PDF] click here

TechLink #3343 - EnviroSoxx New Pollutants, Functional Longevity, Multiphase Filtration [PDF] click here

TechLink #3344 - EnviroSoxx Functional Longevity, Multiphase Filtration [PDF] click here


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