{"id":23460,"date":"2023-08-15T14:03:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/?p=23460"},"modified":"2026-01-23T02:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:23:30","slug":"sqidep-myth-can-test-sites-be-picked-for-device-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/nz\/sqidep-myth-can-test-sites-be-picked-for-device-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"SQIDEP Myth: Can test sites be picked to favour device performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23460\" class=\"elementor elementor-23460\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18e6591 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18e6591\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4a364d\" data-id=\"b4a364d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203b024 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"203b024\" 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: Test Sites Can be Selected to Favour Device Performance<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Myth Claim: You can skew the SQIDEP results by putting the test site in an area that heavily favours the performance of the device.<\/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-ea07064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea07064\" 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>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormwater.asn.au\/images\/SQIDEP\/SQIDEP_report_v1.3.pdf\">SQIDEP&#8217;s 5.2 Framework for Reporting<\/a>, you must submit catchment characteristics including grade &amp; land use type, including photos. Also, PSD&#8217;s (particle size distribution) for influent and effluent must be submitted as per 5.2.h.<\/p><p>For example, Page 4 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormwater.asn.au\/images\/SQID\/products\/SQIDEP_Verification_Report_SPELFilter_Dec2022.pdf\">SPELFilter SQIDEP Evaluation Report<\/a> shows that the land use is light industrial and considered to be representative of generating typical pollutant.<\/p><p>These clauses are designed to exclude a claimaint from picking a site such as a rainforest or beach front with lots of organic matter, or coarse sand\/sediment, or a heavy vehicle yard with abnormally high loadings. 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Following SQIDEP&#8217;s 5.2 Framework for Reporting, you must submit catchment characteristics including grade &amp; land use 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