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Waste water from pressure washing forklift trucks

I am looking for some suggestions on pressure washing procedures as it pertains to the waste water.

Do some let it go into the municipal sewer system.

Is there a recycling and water recovery system available?

Any suggestions of how it is handled are appreciated
  • Posted 3 Dec 2013 22:43
  • By duodeluxe
  • joined 11 Feb'05 - 923 messages
  • United States
duodeluxe
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Oil and solids seperation is what you want to do. Need to start with what local codes are. Might be as simple as the same system as a power car wash uses. Solids trap in first stage. Oil floats to top later in the process and gets recovered. The less you have to dispose of, the lower the cost to be compliant.
  • Posted 4 Dec 2013 11:22
  • By Forkliftt
  • joined 13 Jul'09 - 321 messages
  • Louisiana, United States
Steve
steve at forkliftt dot com
Here in Spain do the same, in our workshop waste water acummulates in an underground tank and these residues are removed by an authorized recycling company.

Regards
  • Posted 4 Dec 2013 08:12
  • By nacsand_n
  • joined 20 Sep'09 - 716 messages
  • Madrid, Spain
we have a system that captures the waste water in an underground tank, and it gets hauled off by the same company that buys our waste oil, but they charge for hauling off the steam cleaner water.
I think the Government would 'string us up' if we ever just let it run into the sewer, and I know our would be competitors would have a field day if it ever got out that we let even a little run into the ground.
  • Posted 4 Dec 2013 08:02
  • By edward_t
  • joined 5 Mar'08 - 2,334 messages
  • South Carolina, United States
"it's not rocket surgery"
I worked at a place a few years ago as a 3rd party contractor which made a recovery system for pressure washing equipment. It was a rather large platform (probably 20x20 ?) which was strong enough to hold about 10,000lbs (working on memory here), was about a foot thick, & recycled the same water thru itself as you pressure washed. Around here (outside Phila)- you must contain, collect & dispose of wastewater from pressure washing.

If you need further information- let me know- I'll see what I can dig up
  • Posted 4 Dec 2013 01:56
  • By bbforks
  • joined 1 Mar'12 - 1,437 messages
  • Pennsylvania, United States
bbforks (at) Hotmail (dot) com
Customers love technology- until they have to pay to fix it!

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