PumpGuard

Remediation Strategy

Prevention

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Stormwater and Wastewater Filters

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

United States

Year^*

2016

Description

Mesh nets remove debris from stormwater and wastewater.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

PumpGuard has a removal efficiency of 97% (TrashTrap, 2020).

References

Pump protection solutions for wastewater, stormwater and combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges. (n.d.). Retrieved February 19, 2020, from http://stormtrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/PumpGuard-Brochure.pdf.; Pumpguard. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2020, from https://stormtrap.com/products/pumpguard/.

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

TrashTrap. (2020). Stormtrap. https://stormtrap.com/products/trashtrap/

* Year designates the year invented; if the year invented was unavailable, the earliest year that an article about the technology was published was used.