Stormwater Management at the Port of Vancouver USA

January 24 , 2017

PORT OF VANCOUVER USA • 800 acres of operating port • 600 acres of future development • 700 acres (plus) mitigation/habitat restoration

PORT OF VANCOUVER USA TRADE PARTNERS

• Columbia River #1 in U.S. wheat exports • 10% of wheat exports

flow through the POV

• Copper concentrate

• Bentonite clay • Scrap steel

• 90,183 Subarus in 2015

• 598,308 metric tons of steel slab

• Urea fertilizer • Wind components • Wood pulp • Jet fuel

• Heaters

• Aluminum window frames

• Cabinetry

• Malt for beer

• Specialty gardening supplies

• Plastics

• Canned tomato and fruit products

• NPDES Permit Coverage Areas

• Biofiltration Projects/Studies

• Grattix Downspout Filtration

• Floating Treatment

Wetlands Project

PORT BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS

Terminal 2 Facility Centennial Industrial Park Facility

TERMINAL 2 STUDY

BIOFILTRATION MEDIA EVALUATION

The Washington Stormwater Center http://www.wastormwatercenter.org/stormwater-

channel/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COib6WLxTNE

GRATTIX STUDY • 2009 Grattix - Original Test pilot unit • 2012 Grattix – Terminal 3 Maintenance Shop • 2016 Grattix – Terminal 2 Dockworkers Building

2009 2012 2016

GRATTIX BUILD 2016

TCE REMEDIATION – INJECTION BORINGS

REPURPOSING OF 54 SOYBEAN OIL TOTES

Top View Bottom View

Side View

INSTALLATION OF WETLANDS OCTOBER 2014

TERMINAL 4 POND APPLICATION 2ND YEAR (2016)

THANK YOU!