Hey Ron, this is being voted on as we speak. Not sure it is passed yet. will know in July. But here it is....
California is asking the EPA "if pressure washing is used, even in low flow, that the debris ( Particles ) that was cleaned off the cement with a pressure washer be vacuumed or filtered."
Soon you Will not be able to pressure wash unless you capture all the water you use and then vacuum the substance for which you was called out to clean in the first place. You will no longer be able to pressure wash and let the small particles just remain in the gutter while the water evaporates. ( Water never entering the water ways ) In California, you will have to clean the particles up that was left behind after the water had evaporated in the gutter.
January 29, 2009
Regional Water Quality Control Board
5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A,
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Below is a direct quote:
"We urge the board to prohibit sidewalk rinsing unless water is captured since
even if low volume is used the rinsed pollutants have been launched and will move over time to a waterway."
They are urging all of region 9 to submit to this new law. Region 9 includes states CA, HI, Nevada and one other state. The post above was from region 6 and may not apply to region 9 if this passes.
That will stopped allot of pressure washers in their tracks.