Wash Waste Water Removal from Auto Detailing Services

If you own a mobile auto detailing company then you are most likely aware that there are laws; namely the Federal Clean Water Act, which prohibit the discharge of wash water run-off into a Storm Drain. Each city and many larger corporations and business properties have NPDES permits and are responsible for that run-off. If you are washing as a Non-point source discharge polluter then you are responsible for your waste wash water run-off as well. So, what can you do you ask?

Well simple really; Craftsman offers a new PUMP OUT Wet/Dry Shop Vacuum accessory, which you can attach to any Craftsman Shop Vac. This attachment allows you to suck up to 10 gallons per minute and straight up as high as 40 feet from a garden hose. The whole system only weighs about 4 pounds and it costs $40.

Now then, all you need to do is block off the storm drain with a storm drain blocker or corral the water into a single location and then let some of that water evaporate while you were working and then before you go vacuum up the remaining water into an additional storage tank on your mobile detail rig. Thus you have complied with the law and cleaned up the parking lot.

Later on you can simply use this water provided you have only used biodegradable soaps to water your lawn at home or water the landscape where you are. This prevents you from polluting into a storm drain and makes you a good corporate citizen. Perhaps you'll consider this in 2006.

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