Comprehensive rainwater management for sports facilities

Sports facilities place the highest demands on functionality, durability and safety – both for athletes and operators. Whether it’s an artificial turf pitch, an athletics facility or a stadium environment, every surface presents individual challenges for the planning and implementation of sustainable rainwater management.

Robust, low-maintenance surfaces, increasing sealing and more frequent heavy rainfall events make it necessary not only to drain water quickly, but also to treat it in a targeted manner, allow it to seep away locally or retain it and use it for green irrigation (watering), for example.

What is important in rainwater management at sports facilities

Comprehensive rainwater management means keeping an eye on all functions: fast and safe drainage, cleaning of contaminated surface water, targeted retention to relieve the sewer system, and on-site infiltration – for example, in combination with infiltration basins or underground storage elements. For modern sports facilities, this results in flexible requirements for the systems used – depending on the type of surface, use and load.

Requirements for different sports surfaces

Depending on the type of surface, sports facilities have different requirements for rainwater management. The following areas show what needs to be taken into account in particular when it comes to drainage, treatment, infiltration, retention and additional functions such as the routing of power or data cables.

SPORTFIX CLEAN Rinne am Sportplatz in Bühl

Football pitches, hockey pitches and multi-purpose fields with synthetic surfaces have special requirements. The surface structure is water-permeable, but microplastics from granules, blade abrasion or fine particles from tartan surfaces can be washed out with the rainwater. An integrated system for drainage and rainwater treatment helps to retain these substances and minimise their discharge into the environment. At the same time, the rainwater management system used must be permanently efficient and mechanically resilient – especially with intensive sporting use and frequent cleaning of the playing surfaces.

SPORTFIX Rinne im Milano Centro Sportivo Saini

Whether running tracks, long jump pits or throwing areas – rainwater management must function particularly extensively, quickly and safely here. Water must not accumulate or cause slippery areas. Channels and associated components of the rainwater management system must be integrated in such a way that they do not wash away or damage the elastic plastic surfaces – and at the same time are barrier-free and permanently slip-resistant. For competition-ready facilities, additional requirements apply according to World Athletics (WA), for example with regard to the installation height and drainage capacity of channels and gratings.

FASERFIX KS Rinnen vor dem Sportstadion PGE Arena in Danzig

Access routes, grandstand areas, entrances, squares and parking areas in the vicinity of stadiums and sports facilities are heavily frequented and used for a variety of purposes – whether by athletes, spectators or service personnel. This calls for a rainwater management system that can be integrated into the design and is also highly efficient, barrier-free and visually integrated.

In parking areas, rainwater treatment with systems such as DRAINFIX CLEAN can also be useful – for example, to retain pollutants from contaminated surface water and then allow for controlled infiltration or use.

In addition, solutions for the safe, underground routing of supply and information lines – for example, for electricity, IT or media technology – are also coming into focus for regular event operations.

MEDIENRINNEN vor dem Sportstadion PGE Arena in Danzig

FASERFIX KS Rinnen vor dem Stadion Miejski in Breslau

System solutions for sports facilities

HAURATON offer coordinated system solutions for the drainage, treatment, retention, and infiltration of rainwater for the planning and equipping of sports facilities – depending on the type of area, use and local situation.

Produktdarstellung einer SPORFIX CLEAN Filtersubstratrinne

SPORTFIX CLEAN

Rainwater treatment for artificial sports pitches.

SPORTFIX PRO

The all-round talent of sports drainage

Produktdarstellung der MEDIENRINNE - einem System zur Kabelführung.

SERVICE CHANNELS

Revisionable, accessible, for power, data and event technology

DRAINFIX CLEAN

Filter substrate channel for rainwater treatment

Load class according to EN 1433

up to B 125

up to C 250

up to E 600

up to F 900

Load frequency

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Load dynamics

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Nominal width | System size

100

100, 150, 200, 300, 400, 500

300, 400, 500

Materials of the lower parts

Polypropylene (PP), 100% recycled composite

Fibre-reinforced concrete or 100% recycled composite

Fibre-reinforced concrete or polypropylene (PP)

Angle housing

Composite angle housing 20 x 20 mm with insertion depth

Composite angle housing with 20×20 mm lay-in depth

Depending on channel body:

FASERFIX SUPER: Galvanised steel or ductile iron angle housing with 40 x 40 mm insertion depth
FASERFIX KS: Galvanised steel or stainless steel angle housing with 20 x 20 mm insertion depth
RECYFIX PRO: Composite angle housing with 20 x 20 mm insertion depth
RECYFIX STANDARD: No angle housing

Depending on the version with FASERFIX or RECYFIX: Galvanised steel or cast iron angle housing with 40 x 40 mm insertion depth

Grating variants

GUGI composite gratings

Variety of gratings made of PA for corrosion free application:

GUGI
FIBRETEC (several colours available)

Numerous grating variants, depending on the channel body:

Bar gratings
Design bar gratings
Longitudinal bar gratings
Mesh gratings
Ductile iron grating
Perforated gratings
GUGI ductile iron grating
…

Ductile iron grating

Special characteristics

Rainwater treatment by surface filtration
Retains the smallest of microplastics from artificial turf

Wide range of applications:

Along the straight in a running track
Around football pitches
In school sports grounds

Enables invisible, barrier-free and trip-free cable routing
At the same time, ensures quick and easy access to laid cables and wires
Versatile connection options such as T- and corner connections for cost savings and flexibility

Rainwater treatment by surface filtration
Tested according to the requirements of the German technical authority DIBt
According to the German guideline DWA-M 179-1 the retention efficiency of suspended solids smaller than 63 µm (TSS63) is as high as 95% due to the filter velocity of < 2,5 m/h

Other products in the SPORTFIX range

Would you like to see the complete range for sports facilities?
On the SPORTFIX product page, you will find an overview of all systems and variants, including technical data, accessories and dimension tables.

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Are you planning a sports facility?

We would be happy to support you in planning a sustainable rainwater management system – with technical expertise, installation recommendations and suitable system solutions.