I must say that fair is fair with this situation, if one person does what they are supposed to do and reclaim the water then his cost per job will be higher. He has 2 options either get less and less work because the guys not reclaiming will do it for cheaper or he can just follow protocol and turn in the allegid ones not reclaiming. Most areas that are enforcing it and even not enforcing it have call numbers to report discharge's. I hate to see it pan out this way but in the end I would be more upset with myself for not checking into whats needed to my business to operate in my city than someone turning me in for not doing whats supposed to be done to operate in that city.
I agree with you Chris, BUT, all he had to be was a MAN and walk up to me and explain that I am in violation. Then If I continue to clean, or you catch me again, then turn me in. But to go around blindly trying to catch people and hurt them is not good business. (BY the way, if I wanted to, I could follow Goldstone and find violations on them, I learned of one yesterday that they committ EVERYDAY, and would cost them dearly if not shut em down,) If Goldstone was TRULY doing this to increase their business and protect the 1000's thay have invested in equipment, why do they not just wait and go in the next day and educate the owner of the business that he ALSO is in violation and could face criminal charges as well as fines. Hec, put the time and resources they are using to bust people towards educating the public and contractors. My view is just to always help people, not hurt them. If they don't want your help, then, yeah, I say turn them in.
For some reason, Houston has just decided that they are going to be relentless in pursuing PW's, with the help of Goldstone. I personally feel that it's because they have realized that it's a revenue stream and helping to keep some cop's employed. By their own admission this all came to light to them in the last two years, yet NO education was done that I was aware of. I have had an Occupational License witht he City of Houston for the last 7 years. They can easily pull all those licenses and send mailings to us to educate us.
BY the way, some cities that are around Houston, if you call them and tell them where you are cleaning, they will email you permission to allow your waste water down the drain.
AS I said before, after learning everyting about the Law's here in Houston, I decided to get out of the commercial parking lot cleaning business. I would have made that same decision if Doug Baxeley had come up to me and had a conversation with me and explained to me about the requirements and after I investigated what he said to be true.
I'm not mad at Baxeley, the City, or the Law's. I'm mad that education is very lacking, and the very people that are doing the enforcement are the ones that seem to be the least educated.