Sorbtive media is an oxide-based, high surface area reactive engineered media that absorbs and retains large amounts of dissolved [[phosphorus]]. It does not desorb (leach) pollutants and has a low total phosphorus effluent concentration (<0.1 mg/L). Sorbtive Media removes phosphorus by two mechanisms.
Sorbtive media is an oxide-based, high surface area reactive engineered media that absorbs and retains large amounts of dissolved [[phosphorus]]. It does not desorb (leach) pollutants and has a low total phosphorus effluent concentration (< 0.1 mg/L). Sorbtive Media controls phosphorus by two mechanisms:
*Physical filtration is the removal of particulate-bound phosphorus and sediment, and
#Physical filtration is the removal of particulate-bound phosphorus and sediment, and
*Sorption is the physio-chemical removal of dissolved phosphorus (the biologically available portion). <ref name=imbrium>Imbrium Stormwater Treatment Solutions. Sorbtive Media. http://www.imbriumsystems.com/stormwater-treatment-solutions/sorbtive-media. Accessed October 6, 2017.</ref>
#Sorption is the physio-chemical removal of dissolved phosphorus (the biologically available portion). <ref name=imbrium>Imbrium Stormwater Treatment Solutions. Sorbtive Media. http://www.imbriumsystems.com/stormwater-treatment-solutions/sorbtive-media. Accessed October 6, 2017.</ref>