Bafter Skimmers

Sediment pond skimmers

Drain the basin from the top, where the water is clean.

Bafter designs, builds and tests floating surface skimmers for construction sediment basins, from 2-inch units up to the 12-inch Bafter II. Selection tables, layout drawings and spec language are free to download for your erosion and sediment control plans.

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Bafter II 12-inch skimmer floating in a test pond

Bafter II 12-inch skimmer, the nation's largest certified sediment pond skimmer.

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Selection tables & drawings

Flow rates by skimmer and orifice size, plus layout details for your plan set.

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Bafter I & Bafter II

Sizes from 2 to 12 inches, orifice ranges, a quick sizing aid and copy-ready spec language.

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Where to buy

Bafter sells through industrial supply houses. Ask us for one near your project.

How a skimmer works

A sediment basin needs time for soil particles to settle out of stormwater before it leaves the site. A fixed riser drains water from every depth at once, including the muddy water near the bottom.

A skimmer floats on the surface and draws water from just below the top of the pool. As the basin drains, the skimmer rides down with the water, so the outflow is always the cleanest water in the basin. An orifice sized for the basin sets how fast it dewaters.

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How a sediment pond skimmer works Cross-section of a sediment basin. A skimmer floats at the water surface and drains clean water from the top of the pool through a flexible hose to the outlet pipe in the embankment, while sediment settles on the bottom. Skimmer floats at the surface Draws the cleanest water from the top of the pool Sediment settles to the bottom Outlet through embankment
Top-down dewatering: the inlet rises and falls with the water level.
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Designed, built and tested by Bafter

Bafter, LLC is a South Carolina company focused on one thing: skimmers for sediment ponds. Every model is designed, built and tested in-house before it reaches a supply house shelf.

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