Biofilta Stormwater Solutions™ is a company that has combined engineering, water sensitive urban design and ecological principles to improve the way bioretention and stormwater harvesting systems are designed, installed and maintained.
Biofilta systems are unique in the market in that they contain several new innovations that enable low spatial footprints to deliver high performance stormwater harvesting, treatment and reuse when combined with storage and recirculation.
Our patented modular system approach overcomes some of the challenges that may be experienced with delivery of traditional bioretention systems. Biofilta systems are designed to offer the following benefits:
- Instantly functional fully established planted filters, with well established root systems that perform optimally from the day of installation
- Ability to capture large volumes of stormwater for slow, controlled processing through a small above ground footprint. To reduce clogging of the Biofilta modules, our systems adopt a robust treatment train to carefully manage silt and sediment;
- Recirculation of treated stormwater to further “polish” the stormwater for higher nutrient removal;
- Scalable to treat stormwater runoff from catchments of any size;
- Established vegetation means low maintenance and less visits to site to manage weeds;
- Gross pollutant and sediment capture in convenient and accessible areas requiring no regular hand maintenance;
- Easy reset at minimal cost and with the optimal depth of material taken away, without having to rebuild or reset the entire system;
- Reduced tripping hazards and public liability issues;
- Biofilta advanced systems have the ability to be operated remotely to manage valuable stormwater in real time, to provide valuable data logging and to help communities adapt to the challenges of climate change.