A complete storm water management system and process which performs both
drainage and treatment tasks and incorporates a wetlands water treatment
system. This system creates an infrastructure, flow control which is
multi-level and multi-stage. This system incorporates a self-contained
wetlands treatment system. This is a modular system which includes three
or more linear chambers through which the storm water or other influent
passes and is cleaned. The influent which flows into a storm drain, curb
inlet, or inflow pipe into the system is directed first into a screening
type catch basin inset filter within the first chamber of the system. The
wetlands chamber is composed of one or more modular segments which may be
made in various depths, lengths and widths. The influent is treated
within the first chamber before it passes out of this chamber into the
incorporated wetlands system. The water flows through the wetlands
chamber where it is further filtered and decontaminated through both an
aerobic and anaerobic process. In situations of high runoff there is a
bypass component which runs directly from the first chamber and bypasses
the wetlands chamber dumping the pretreated water into the discharge
final chamber. This system is fitted with a variable level treatment
component designed in such a way to offer variable discharge rates and
thus vary the level of treatments over a wide range of flow rates. The
system can be placed underground, and below concrete, such as in parking
lots or park areas.