Possibility of removing suspended solids from rainwater using a retention tank
author:
ROBERT MALMUR, KAMIL PLUTA
ORCID ID:
0000-0003-1916-8666, 0009-0008-0163-1353
No:
10/2025 Instal pp.51-56
DOI:
10.36119/15.2025.10.8
Stormwater drainage systems are often used to regulate stormwater runoff from urban areas. These systems should
ensure effective stormwater drainage from urban areas, both quantitatively (preventing flooding) and qualitatively
(reducing pollutant loads discharged into natural receiving bodies). In the near future, requirements and standards for
protecting surface waters from stormwater runoff will become more stringent. This will necessitate the expansion of
existing stormwater drainage networks with stormwater pretreatment facilities. The main pollutant in stormwater is
suspended solids, which also carry other pollutants found in stormwater runoff.To ensure adequate surface water
protection, the discharge of untreated stormwater into receiving bodies should be limited. Settling tanks are the
devices whose primary function is to retain as much suspended solids as possible.
Stormwater drainage systems should be designed sustainably. However, they cannot be implemented everywhere,
primarily due to dense urban development or unfavorable soil and water conditions. Therefore, the development and
modernization of underground systems, primarily by increasing their retention capacity, remains a significant
engineering challenge.
This article presents a device for pretreating stormwater (rain or meltwater) before its discharge into the receiving
body. The device combines the functions of a settling tank and a retention reservoir. The proposed design is primarily
used in stormwater drainage systems and wherever stormwater management is needed.
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About Authors:
Dr inż. Robert Malmur https://orcid.org/ORCID: 0000-0003-1916-8666 ‒ Politechnika Częstochowska, Wydział Infrastruktury i Środowiska, Częstochowa
Dr inż. Kamil Pluta https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0163-1353 ‒ Częstochowa, Polska, e-mail: kamil-pluta@o2.pl Corresponding author: robert.malmur@pcz.pl
