Whats Your Reclaim Method - And Where Do You Go With It

[ShoreWash]

Hi All
Been on the site for a few weeks now gathering tips and info on washing and equipment. I am currently trying to put a reclaim system together and would love to here about some of the equipment you use and also your way of disposal - Example Sanitary Sewer At your home site - or do you drive it to the local Sewer, Or any other method you use - if you have a treatment system or something like that in your home base shop - The reason I ask is I have the opportunity to connect to a sanitary sewer line through my building and have got a ok from the town and DEP pending permit approval so Any info / advice / personal experience you can give me would help out a lot -
Thanks in advance for any response's - See You all in Alabama - Michael Barnes

 

[Paul Kassander]

We use a couple of methods including a Vacuboom and custom drain inserts. All of our water is hauled back to our shop where it is pre treated and disposed of through the sanitary sewer system. If you don't have a shop you can make arrangements with the local POTW for disposal or with the a truck or car wash and dispose of your waste water there.

Be sure to check your states and local regulations on the wash water because in some it is a regulated waste and requires a waste haulers permit. If this is the case you may be better suited to have an on-site storage tank that you have a service come and suck up for you.

 

[Scott Stone]

The level of waste hazard also depends on what you are actually washing. If you are doing concrete at restaurants, with little to no soap, then there are not a lot of heavy contaminants in it. If you are doing fleets, you are getting oils from the vehicles, as well as road grime that will have an oil base. If you are doing parking garages, you are going to have a ton of oil, heavy metals, as well as bio hazards, etc.
So, the question is, what type of waste are you trying to dispose of.

 

[ShoreWash]

I am leaning more towards fleet washing and heavy equiment but gas stations and other type flat work as well - thanks for your repsonce's - Also from above do you have any names of the equiment that you pre treat with ? Thanks Michael

 

[Big Mike]

I would strongly advise against hauling the washwater anywhere off site, as you will most likely need a hazardous waste endorsement and CDL. Waste haulers in our state are regulated heavily, and we do not remove any waste from the origination point. The waste is the property owners responsibility and as soon as it leaves their property, its your responsibility. No thanks. We always try to filter then discharge to the ground or sanitary sewer. If that's not possible, we filter, then pump to a storage tank and have a waste hauler deal with it for the property owner. Getting caught with a tank full of dirty wash water could be very spendy.

Pre treatment consists of oil only booms first, to skim off the hydrocarbons and oil. Then vacuumed or pumped to solids filtering media inside a tank vac, then either discharged or further filtered through a Scirocco OWS 15-200. After the OWS, the water is pretty clean (but grey) and could either be reused for washing, or discharged.

Every job is different, and you need to have several options available to be able to handle unique situations. The single most important tip I could give is clean the surface as well as possible prior to washing, i.e.- sweeping, oil dri, etc. That will really reduce the amount of crude you have to deal with. This is mainly for flat work, as we don't wash vehicles of any sort.

 

[ShoreWash]

Thanks Mike For The Responce

 

[Dave Olson]

Pictures show what we did to handle the waste water when cleaning a truck fleet.

We simply blocked the water flow picked up the water, put the water on our truck and then dumped the water into the customers sanitary sewer.

Dave Olson