SiltWorm - An Innovative Product for Today's Building Sites

An Innovative Product For Today’s Building Sites

From rainwater to drinking water…Siltworm strives to keep our local waterways free of damaging pollutants, sediment, and harmful job-site contaminants. Clean Water, Clean World.

DOES YOUR SITE LOOK LIKE THIS?

WHY DOES SILT FENCE FAIL?

DESIGN/MAINTENANCE

SILTWORM IS A BETTER SOLUTION!

WHAT IS SILTWORM™?• SILTWORM IS A REVOLUTIONARY SEDIMENT CONTROL

FILTER!• SILTWORM IS A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT FOR SILT FENCING.• SILTWORM IS A SEDIMENT CONTROL PRODUCT THAT IS

CHANGING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPLETE JOBSITE CONTROL SYSTEMS.

PERIMETER CONTROL

HARD SURFACE PROTECTION

EFFECTIVE ON FROZEN GROUND, CONCRETE OR ANY OTHER HARD SURFACE

DITCH CHECK APPLICATION

SILTWORM creates a temporary ponding and FILTERS stormwater

BENEFITS OF SILTWORM™

• ECO-FRIENDLY….. 100% RECYCLED FILLER MATERIAL, REUSABLE

• MORE EFFECTIVE….CAN BE PLACED ON HARD SURFACES/FROZEN GROUND

• VERSITILITY...APPROVED FOR DITCH CHECK, SLOPE INTERUPTION, AND PERIMETER CONTROL APPLICATIONS,INLET PROTECTION

• JOB SITE ACCESS....CAN BE MOVED AND PUT BACK IN PLACE• COST BENEFIT...CONTRACTORS SAVE $$ USING IT• LIMITED TRENCHING AND STAKING REQUIREMENTS• FILTER....SEPARATES JOBSITE CONTAMINATES

EASY INSTALLATION2 EASY STEPS:1. ARRANGE SILTWORM AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE AND PERPENDICULAR TO

STORM WATER FLOW. IN SITES WITH GRADE GREATER THAN 12%, SILTWORM SHOULD BE STAKED OR STACKED FOR ADDITIONAL SECURITY.

2. OVERLAP ADJACENT SILTWORM BY 6” .

BENEFITS:• NO EQUIPMENT REQUIRED.• LIMITED STAKING OR TRENCHING REQUIRED.• CAN BE PLACED DIRECTLY ONTO FROZEN GROUND OR CONCRETE.• CAN BE USED IN DITCH CHECK APPLICATION.• CAN BE USED AS INLET PROTECTION FOR STORM DRAINS OR TO REDUCE WATER FLOW IN

SMALL DITCHES.• ENDS OF SILTWORM CAN ANGLED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SLOPE TO PREVENT STORM

WATER FROM ESCAPING AROUND THE ENDS.

EASY INSTALLATION

MAINTENANCE/PERIMETER DETAIL

SLOPE INTERUPPTION/DITCH CHECK

STOCKPILE

Effective for Stockpile protection

PROTECTED AREAS/WETLANDS

• SILTWORM…IS A PERFECT ALTERNATIVE WHEN THERE ARE AREAS THAT MACHINERY CANNOT REACH

• PROTECTION OF TREE ROOTS...NO TRENCHING IN PERIMETER CONTROL APPLICATION PROTECTS BOTH TREE ROOTS, AND UNDERGROUND UTILITIES

SITE PREPARATION

• HEAVY VEGETATION SHOULD BE CUT DOWN OR REMOVED.

• EXTREMELY UNEVEN SURFACES SHOULD BE LEVELED TO ENSURE UNIFORM CONTACT BETWEEN THE SILTWORM AND THE INSTALLATION SURFACE.

MAINTENANCE

• 50 % RULE. IF SEDIMENTATION OCCURS THAT TOTALS OVER 50% OF THE HEIGHT OF THE SILTWORM, IT NEEDS MAINTAINED.

• OVERTOPPING: SILTWORM OR IF THE SILTWORM BECOMES OVERTOPPED, AN ADDITIONAL SILTWORM SHOULD BE ADDED ON TOP OR IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING SILTWORM WITHOUT DISTURBING THE ACCUMULATED SEDIMENT.

• TORN: ADD REPLACEMENT SLEEVE OVER TORN AREA, OR CUT AND TIE END.

DISPOSAL

• #1….RE-USE• SILTWORM CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM ONE SITE TO

ANOTHER, AND RE-USED• PHOTODEGRADABLE NETTING

• TWO NETTING TYPES, ORANGE VS BLACK

MISCELLANEOUS USES

• CONCRETE TRUCK WASHOUT AREA: CREATE A POOL BY ARRANGING MULTIPLE SILTWORMS AROUND EXISTING WASHOUT PITS.

• USED BY FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO FILTER OIL, GAS, AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS AT ACCIDENT SITES.

• USED BY LANDSCAPE COMPANIES TO PROTECT TREE ROOTS AND CONTAIN MULCH BEDS.

INLET PROTECTION

SHIPPING

• 8064 LINEAL FEET ON ONE TRUCK

INNOVATIVE QUALITY · CERTIFIED INSTALLATION PROGRAM – ENSURES

QUALITY CONTROL FOR SILTWORM INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE.

· MANUFACTURING- MANUFACTURED IN ONE FACILITY WITH CONSISTENT QUALITY OF FILL MATERIAL AND CONSISTENT PROCESSES TO ENSURE QUALITY PRODUCT.

STORY-TIME

BAD NEWS

MORE BAD NEWS

TO THE TRIBUTARY

TO THE OUTLET

THROUGH THE STREAM

TO THE LAKE

SAME STORM/DIFFERENT SITE

STOCKPILE PROTECTION

Questions and Comments?

HOW DO WE GET SILTWORM?

• DISTRIBUTION/INSTALLERS• THROUGH DISTRIBUTION POINTS THAT CAN TAKE A FULL

TRUCK QTY. OF 8064 LINEAL FEET

• IN YOUR AREA: • MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTION STANDPOINTS