Manage Excess Rainwater with Ease Using a Sand Trap

Climate changes often bring unprecedented rain and storms, which significantly impact our cities that often find themselves gripped with floods due to ineffective rainwater/stormwater management. Since most of the surfaces in cities are paved, it is necessary to channelize excess water resulting due to heavy downpours. Therefore, having effective excess rainwater management in place is a necessity in cities to avoid flood-like situations which bring the entire city to a standstill.

One of the reasons why there is often a flood-like situation in cities when there is excess rain is because of water clogging happening at places due to heavy particles, sand and dirt getting mixed with wastewater, which, in turn, blocks water inlets connected to the sewer line. A better way to avoid any such situation and stop water clogging is by using a device that can effectively separate heavy particles from the water and allow a smooth flow of wastewater to the main sewer. Such traps can be attached before the sewer line to reduce the burden on the mainline, which is often very busy when a heavy downpour or storm happens, resulting in excess water coming to the street of the city.

A sand trap is a most basic yet highly effective device that effectively separates heavy particles from rainwater and allows a smooth flow of water, thereby reducing the burden on main lines, avoiding flood build-up. This device is like a gutter made of concrete or plastic, where sand particles settle down, allowing wastewater to flow smoothly to the main lines. What it does is slow down the flow of water, thereby allowing sand particles to settle, which can be separated using a mechanical or manual technique.

According to their specific needs, sand traps come in various shapes and sizes. Well, this simple yet highly effective trap is often used in domestic as well as in a complex civic wastewater system used for wastewater management. Its simple input and output method makes sure that there is a smooth flow of water. These traps are often made using concrete and plastics, but when it comes to their efficacy, ease of installation and maintenance, sand traps made of plastic make a good choice for some obvious reasons.

Wavin is one of the leading plastic pipe manufacturing companies known for its highly innovative sand traps that effectively collect sand particles, dirt from rainwater and stormwater, thus avoiding water contamination and build-up of a flood-like situation to allow a smooth flow of wastewater to the main sewer line.