{"id":37798,"date":"2023-10-17T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/?p=37798"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:53:31","slug":"sqidep-myth-is-sqidep-inferior-to-usa-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/sqidep-myth-is-sqidep-inferior-to-usa-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"SQIDEP Myth: Is SQIDEP Inferior To USA Protocols?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37798\" class=\"elementor elementor-37798\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba1dedd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ba1dedd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9535c elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"3c9535c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">SQIDEP Myth: SQIDEP Is An Inferior Process Compared to USA Protocols<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Myth Claim: SQIDEP does not adequately assess the performance of devices compared to overseas testing protocols.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\" aria-label=\"Dismiss this alert.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0571c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0571c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SQIDEP is a framework established by Stormwater Australia &#8211; providing an industry-formulated, independent evaluation process for verifying the performance of devices and technologies for improving stormwater quality.<\/p><p>The USA stormwater protocols are well-regarded within the industry, and SQIDEP looks to build on these to suit local stormwater testing practices with increased provisions for independent third-party review. To reflect this, SQIDEP incorporates independence and data handling processes through every step of the SQIDEP assessment.<\/p><p>With SQIDEP a manufacturer may set up the test site &#8211; but essentially hands it over to an independent organisation responsible for collecting the samples, and sending them to an independent lab.<\/p><p>These &#8216;raw&#8217; lab results are collated by the independent consultant and submitted to 2 independent evaluators. These evaluators submit their own separate evaluations, before comparing reviews and working through any differences or discrepancies in data. The monitoring is on real-world sites, real events, real hydrographs, real sediments, and real pollutants &#8211; not arbitrarily chosen concentrations, manufactured sediments, plug-flows, or weighted, statistical \u201cbootstrap\u201d calculations.<\/p><p>Suppliers are prevented from handling samples or submitting their own datasets &#8211; and this third-party assessment &amp; handling ensures the foundation of independence is not undermined.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQIDEP Myth: SQIDEP Is An Inferior Process Compared to USA Protocols Myth Claim: SQIDEP does not adequately assess the performance of devices compared to overseas testing protocols. \u00d7 Dismiss this alert. SQIDEP is a framework established by Stormwater Australia &#8211; providing an industry-formulated, independent evaluation process for verifying the performance of devices and technologies for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq","category-sqidep-faq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SQIDEP Myth: Is SQIDEP Inferior To USA Protocols?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Debunking the SQIDEP myth: Is it inferior to USA protocols? 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