Every Storm is a Compliance Event.
Every storm is an NPDES compliance event. Runoff picks up pollutants as it crosses roads, roofs, yards, and process surfaces. By the time it reaches the outfall, one discharge can carry solids, oil, metals, nutrients, bacteria, and more.
Smart Sponge®Sediment & TSS
Targets suspended solids and sediment through a high-porosity structure designed to capture particulates while maintaining flow and reducing maintenance demands.
Smart Sponge®Hydrocarbons & oil
Captures oil, grease, and hydrocarbons that contribute to sheens and degraded water quality.
Smart Sponge® HMHeavy metals
Targets lead, iron, arsenic, selenium, zinc, copper, and other metals using contaminant-specific media.
Smart Sponge® HMNutrients
Helps reduce nutrient loading associated with harmful algal blooms and impaired waterways.
Smart Sponge® ACTotal Organic Carbon (TOC)
Adsorbs dissolved and suspended organic compounds that contribute to elevated TOC, helping improve water quality and support discharge and treatment objectives.
Smart Sponge® PlusBacteria
Targets E. coli and coliform to support safer discharge and receiving-water quality.
Smart Sponge® Quanta™PFAS
Engineered to capture per- and polyfluoroalkyl compounds from contaminated water.
One Permit Goal. Different Operating Realities.
Municipal and industrial sites face the same NPDES standard, but the site conditions that shape a solution look nothing alike.
“Abtech has effectively treated stormwater at Kearny Point for years, using various Smart Sponge medias across Abtech's installed vaults and catch basin inserts to target the specific heavy metals and hydrocarbons that a former shipbuilding and shipbreaking operation generated. Kearny Point is also located in a heavily industrialized corridor where runoff from neighboring sites is a major concern. With this system, we know we are using state-of-the-art technology to protect us and the environment.”
