Spills
Preventing hazardous material spills from entering storm sewers
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afe Drain provides storm drain protection and support services to cities, government facilities and companies that, by law, are required to prevent chemicals, sediments and other potentially hazardous materials from polluting storm drains. Recently, the company took part in a three-year study to determine the environmental impact of day-to-day operations at three different Applied Materials Inc. facilities in the greater San Francisco Bay area. It supplies semiconductors, flat panel displays and solar photovoltaic products. The Bay area is home to many moderately and highly urbanized creeks and streams that support the diversity of riparian plants and wildlife. These streams ultimately flow into the San Francisco Bay, one of the United States’ most biologically productive estuaries. Applied Materials’ stormwater pollution prevention program seeks to protect the sensitive receiving waters of this area. This program exceeds what is generally considered to be best management practices (BMP) under the local Regional Water Quality Control Boards General Permit. The company installed more than
Safe Drain units are easily installed in storm drains of virtually any size or shape.
470 Safe Drain units in its Santa Clara and Sunnyvale campuses and began to closely monitor approaching storms. The objective was to provide a means of
ensuring normal day-to-day operations without risk to the environment from its activities. When the program began, testing
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Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine