Karen Hamel, Author at HalenHardy

Spilltration Oil Spill Absorbent Technology

What is Spilltration® Technology?

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in In the Lab.

The Spilltation® Husky family of products are engineered with an innovative filtration and absorption technology that captures oil and sediment while filtering out clean rainwater.

Blown Hydraulic Line? No Worries.

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Oil Spills on Land.

No one plans on blowing a hydraulic line. With Spilltration® Husky Oil Filter Rugs, you can get the spill cleaned up in less time than it takes to order replacement parts to get that downed piece of equipment running again.

Drainiac® Petroleum Filter Valves – TOG in Stormwater Test

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in In the Lab, Secondary Containment.

Reduce TOG in stormwater discharges from outdoor secondary containment systems to less than 5 mg/l

Prevent Secondary Containment System Overflows

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Secondary Containment.

Environmental Engineers: Adding a passive oil water separator to outdoor secondary containment systems takes less than 10 minutes and eliminates the need for operators to spend hours watching outdoor secondary containment systems drain while preventing oil discharges!

Secondary Containment Systems at Bulk Liquid Terminals

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Secondary Containment.

Large storm events can dump hundreds or thousands of gallons of water at bulk fluid terminals that takes way too many hours to manually drain from secondary containment systems. Install Drainiac® Petroleum Filter Valves to save time and money.

Oil Spill Reporting Requirements

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Regulations.

Do you need to report every oil spill? Who should you call? Find out when, how and to whom here.

Clean Water Act Overview

Written by Karen Hamel. Posted in Regulations.

The EPA's authority to regulate water pollutants comes from the Clean Water Act. Learn how it got started more than 20 years before the EPA was even created.