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Hreyes

Hreyes

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Hello everyone,

I have been reading a lot about PW to see if I can start a business and wanted to ask a couple of questions. Well first of all my name is Hector Reyes and I live in Humble TX. Like I said I want to start a PW business gear towards residential only (mainly flat work to start). I been doing my research and been reading a lot on the subject from equipment, chemicals, technics and everything in between. But a couple days ago I ran in to a subject I didn't know about............city regulations (what could be a game changer for me since I looked at this systems and they are expensive). I been searching about the dreaded city regulations water recovery but everything I have found seems to be for commercial jobs (or at least thats what I understand). I been searching for a couple of days but have not found any information, can anyone help me with this? Does anyone know what type of regulations I have to go by if I PW a driveway? I want to be in compliance, the last thing I want is a citation from the EPA or HPD. Thank you in advance and have a great night!

Hector Reyes


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Thank you Dgatton for your quick response. So if the regulations are the same, then everyone doing a residential driveway is using a reclaim system? That don't sound practical to me, the reclaim systems I can imagine are expensive to run this will mean you will have ti charge a pretty penny to clean a driveway. Is there a way of doing the job with out a reclaim system?


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Exactly, that's why we use BMP'S, (Best Management Practices) If you read deeper you will also come across it is a violation to wash your vehicle in your driveway as well. There are many interpretations of the Clean Water Act, which must be followed as the parent documentation for the local municipalities regulations. Houston wants all washers to obtain and maintain a valid NPED permit, as you should if you are transporting any waste water, as well as DOT numbers for any chemicals that are above the min limit required to have a dot license. Because the regulations are under budgeted and under staffed and Because they are expecting us to use the proper BMP'S which are site specific, Residential washers are far less targeted, that however doesn't give you a free pass, you must keep it from going down the drain. That is our responsibility to our industry and our environment

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Thank you David, I am going to read up about BMP's to learn the best way possible so that I can be in compliance.........Thank you for all your advice.


Hello Jason and Thank you.
 
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