P@na Certification

Tony Shelton

BS Detector, Esquire
Nothing down the dra@n but ra#n.

Saw this fine PW@A certified contractor working today.

Stormy day in Las Vegas. Lots of rain.

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The P@na really has an ingenious system.

You can learn all about it at the certification class where you can earn one of those coveted stickers.

Here is the synopsis, from what I can decipher from this obviously well trained org member:

1) Water and other substances are washed through this "prefilter" consisting of a grate on street level to filter out the "big" stuff.
2) It travels through the storm sewer straight into Lake Mead.
3) Contaminants are further diluted by the lake water and fish pee.
4) Runoff is this sucked into the water intakes by the water department.
5) It is filtered, chlorinated and pumped into the municipal water supply
6) Contractor accesses it by hooking up to the water spicket on the side of the building.
7) Contractor places fully filtered runoff directly into their conspicuously labeled "wastewater" tank. (see pics)

Water is filtered so well it is literally clean enough to drink. And the filtered water is virtually identical to the clean feed water in the other tank!

It's really a state of the art system of filtration.

Where do I sign up for the class?

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Goes to show what value their membership and certifications are worth, not much.
 
I heard you called the cops on him. bad boy, bad boy, what you ........

If I had called the cops on them they would be dead now. Just by holding a "wand", that some refer to as a "gun" can be grounds for immediate execution by our police.

You tell me what you would have done. I've not been certified by the PWNA, but I would have at least put down a sediment filter.

We do it all the time.

 
This guy:

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Wants to make rules to force you to re-use your toilet paper and ride a bicycle to work to save the environment.

While he lives here - and uses 20 times the electricity of a normal house:

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These guys:

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Have spent their lives making money with very little or no restrictions, but they want to go around to cities and states to make rules so that you can't do the same.

It all looks good on paper, but upon closer inspection it's all just a sham:

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They are not pulling off a hydrant?


Ron Musgraves text me for
questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute.com

No, the hydrant was from a construction company working inside the structure.

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Tony better take another look at that last picture, either that contractor was already under surveillance, or you are, LMAO.
 
Tony better take another look at that last picture, either that contractor was already under surveillance, or you are, LMAO.

I think they were on their hourly doughnut break. hahahahaha
 
This guy:

algore.jpg


Wants to make rules to force you to re-use your toilet paper and ride a bicycle to work to save the environment.

While he lives here - and uses 20 times the electricity of a normal house:

0228home.jpg


These guys:

pwna_logo_color.jpg


Have spent their lives making money with very little or no restrictions, but they want to go around to cities and states to make rules so that you can't do the same.

It all looks good on paper, but upon closer inspection it's all just a sham:

wastewatertanks.jpg


Interesting.......A tank labeled "Waste Water Recovery" but there are only the supply water hose and pressure washing hose connected to and leaving the trailer.

There is no vacuum recovery hose, no other type of recovery hose in use in sight but there is waste water or wash water or used water or anything else you want to call this water running into the street drains. Hmmmmmmmm

I guess this is what the PWN* teaches their people to do when they get their certificate? ? ?

That does not look like rain going down that drain to me, never seen rain in such a small area before, must be a special place that has unicorns and fairies running around out in the open. hahahahaha
 
Is it possibible that the contractor using the rig is not or has never been a PWNA member and purchased the rig "as is" shown in the photo?

Is the water entering the drain run off from the washing or leakage from the hydrant?

Where does that drain go to?
 
Is it possibible that the contractor using the rig is not or has never been a PWNA member and purchased the rig "as is" shown in the photo?

Is the water entering the drain run off from the washing or leakage from the hydrant?

Where does that drain go to?

All great question, let's see what tony says. I'm sure it was the pressure washers water or tony wouldn't have caused misrepresentation.

The great thing is your not assuming the drain is connected. These are the right questions to ask. Ten years ago no one would have even asked that.

Assessment is the focus. Each job will be different.


Ron Musgraves text me for
questions 480-522-5227 Pressure Washing Institute.com
 
This guy:
algore.jpg
Wants to make rules to force you to re-use your toilet paper and ride a bicycle to work to save the environment.While he lives here - and uses 20 times the electricity of a normal house:
0228home.jpg
These guys:
pwna_logo_color.jpg
Have spent their lives making money with very little or no restrictions, but they want to go around to cities and states to make rules so that you can't do the same.It all looks good on paper, but upon closer inspection it's all just a sham:
wastewatertanks.jpg
I got a call to clean the gutters on that house a few years ago. I never gave one.
 
Is it possibible that the contractor using the rig is not or has never been a PWNA member and purchased the rig "as is" shown in the photo?

Is the water entering the drain run off from the washing or leakage from the hydrant?

Where does that drain go to?

Nigel, I guess anything is possible. Maybe the rig came with their company name on it too? lol. :)

The PW company was pulling water off the spigot on the front of the building.
A construction company was pulling water off the hydrant and it was not leaking.

Some of the runoff was coming from the construction company. They had a guy inside the garage power washing parts of the garage with a wand on one floor while the striping guy was working the just dried floor above.

The runoff from the PW company was mixing with the construction company's runoff. The PW company was washing concrete dust off the decorative metal sides of the parking structure with a lift.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think they did anything illegal here. We have been in almost the exact same situation and the only thing we did differently was to put down gravity filtration before the drain trap sediment. A carbon filter would have taken care of the concrete dust easily enough and could have been thrown in the dumpster on the way out.

I just think its a little PW#A-esque to run all this dirt down the storm drain while filling your "wastewater" tank with tap water from the spigot. "DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO!" I think that is a quote from Al Gore or Obama. Are they org members?

And, oh yeah, like I said previously, that drain goes directly to Lake Mead.
 
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