New housing project: Square Mercier

Client : Square Mercier
Sectors : Infrastructure, Commercial and Institutional
Solutions : Storage
Products : HydroStor® Retention System, StormChamber Retention System
Realization : 01/03/2016

The Context

Storm water storage: a simple and customized solution

Square Mercier, an housing project requiring $6M in infrastructure to service 300 residential units, involved the installation of a retention basin without groundwater replenishment. Several peculiarities have affected the development of the basin : a limited available area, a deep storm drainage system, a high ground water table and riparian strips requirements.

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The Solution

The 21 rows of the first level of the basin consist of 504 StormChamber chambers, and the second level with 26 rows, contains 407 HydroStor HS180 chambers. A watertight geomembrane was placed on the entire excavated surface, measuring 59 m (193 ft) wide, 41 m (134.5 ft) in length and at a depth of 4.6 m (15 ft). In addition, in order to treat the stored water, a HydroStor pretreatment unit and an Aqua-Swirl AS-6 with a bypass manhole were incorporated into the chamber system.