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The Difference Between a Laundry Drain & Storm Water Drain | All Storm Drains Inc. | AllStormDrains.com Long Island NY

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The Best Storm Drain Repair  Company On Long Island Email:  George@AllStormDrai ns.com Phone:  516.825.1010   Fax:  631.475.2898 Storm Water Dry Wells A dry well is a subsurface storage facility that receives and temporarily stores storm water runoff from roofs of structures. Discharge of this stored runoff from a dry well occurs through infiltration into the surrounding soils.  A dry well is a well that is used to transmit surface water underground and is deeper than its width at the surface (see image, below). Most dry wells are 30 to 70 feet deep and 3 feet wide at the surface. They are lined with perforated casings and can be filled with gravel or rock or left empty. Today, dry wells usually include some form of pretreatment to remove oil, particles, and associated contaminants, reducing the risk of clogging the wells and of transporting contaminants underground. Dry wells can be used to reduce the adverse effects of storm water runoff on streams a...

Storm Water Drain Description 101 | All Storm Drains Inc. | AllStormDrains.com | Long Island NY

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  The Best Storm Drain Repair  Company On Long Island Email:  George@AllStormDrai ns.com Phone:  516.825.1010   Fax:  631.475.2898 WHAT IS A DRY WELL SYSTEM? Contemporary drainage systems today are similar to those of the 1800′s. They are designed to accommodate rainfall, and a good design accommodates surface area, and is constructed to pitch rain water and debris . The Best Storm Drain Repair  Company On Long Island Email:  George@AllStormDrai ns.com Phone:  516.825.1010   Fax:  631.475.2898 The final location water and debris is collected usually leads to a catch basin or a dry well. Both units are components of a storm drain system. They are now created as pre-cast concrete rings that are steel reinforced internally. HOW DOES A DRAINAGE SYSTEM WORK? Drainage systems function by rain or flood water leading to a dry well or catch basin. As the water is submerged to a lower point, water is led to a collection of pipes or cylindr...

Laundry Drain Dry Well Description & Installation | AllStormDrains.com

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  Email:  George@AllStormDrai ns.com Phone:  516.825.1010 Fax:  631.475.2898 Adding a Separate Dry Well to Your Laundry Drainage System Dry Well Kit Installation Procedures The soap and bleach from the washing machine will kill the good bacteria in your septic tank . The septic system needs these bacteria to function properly. The bacteria break down the sewage so the tank doesn't need to be emptied as often and the leach field doesn't get clogged. Purchasing a dry-well kit for proper installation is better then trying to install a homemade dry well . The dry-well kit comes with three interlocking side panels, a heavy-duty cover, a coupler, a riser, a surface vent, a sanitary T-fitting and a geotextile filter fabric. The process All Storm Drains Inc. requires you to understand, and how it differs from a standard storm drain Call All Storm Drains Inc . to dig a circular hole, 4 feet around and 4 feet deep, where the dry well will be located.  We then dig a 1-...

Strom Water Management | All Storm Drains Inc.com (Dry Wells)

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  Email:  George@AllStormDrains.com Phone:  516.825.1010     Fax:  631.475.2898 My Great grandfather Paul DeVito an Italian immigrant, started sanitary scavenger in the 1930's! He started the vacuum service company after the Great Depression. Three of his children started their own companies in three different locations across  Long Island  in the 1950's. The three companies had different names.  After seeing the one brother's success with his business name DeVito Cesspool . All three started to use the name DeVito in their business names in different variations. They became a few of the largest vacuum service companies on  Long Island .  They built all their own equipment. Building  vacuum trucks  in their barns at night! Hand digging new cesspools, the work was all intense manual labor back then. The companies were all very successful having some of the largest commercial accounts on Long Island at the time. I st...
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  DRY WELL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NASSAU COUNTY, LONG ISLAND, NY | ALL STORM DRAINS INC. Dry wells in Nassau County are older structures typically. They are built closer together because a lot of storm drain systems are older Nassau. Nassau County was developed before other eastern parts of Long Island were. Although there has been plenty of new development with modern dry wells in the County of Nassau. Old dry wells can be made of block like old cesspools. Some are in fact cesspools that were converted to drywells after the Nassau County connected to sewers in most areas. Dry wells are drainage structures that leach rain water from parking lots, roads, buildings, roof water, bridges, or a house roof or driveway into the ground throughout the Nassau County, Long Island area . Home dry wells can also be utilized to leach laundry water into the ground. They can consist of precast concrete ring or multiple rings depending on the capacity needed or the depth which is needed to reach ...

Tropical Storm Isaias & Long Island Storm Drain Cleaning | AllStormDrains.com

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  Tropical Storm Isaias Wreaks Havoc on Long Island AllStormDrainsInc. Tropical Storm Isaias blew into Long Island with strong winds Tuesday 10/27/20 that left more than 400,000 homes and businesses without power, blocked roads with downed trees, and prompted the Long Island Rail Road to suspend service.  Storm water management emergency personnel from  All Storm Drains Inc.  have been ready to tackle the daunting task of Mother Nature's fury to keep the Dry Wells , Catch Basins , and Sewers of Nassau County & Suffolk County Long Island clear from blockages. All Storm Drain Inc. is a licensed and insured company that has grown to a successful business throughout the Suffolk County area for three key reasons:  Honesty  Professionalism  Superior Service What separates us from our Suffolk County competitors is that we aim to focus on quality service and customer satisfaction while building a “one to one” personal relationship with each of our clients...