He only does residential work. So does this mean he would really only get caught if one of the neighbors knows about the law and then turns him in?

Public works drives neighborhoods, other City employees are trained to report suspected violations (Bus Drivers, FD, PD and so on).
Neighbors tattle, people who live on lakes see a dirty water trail and call it in, and the list goes on.

One of the best ploys I have heard and know to be true is Public works went to a neighborhood here and gave a mobile car detailer a written warning for no recovery. He then talked to the homeowner and said that his neighbors were concerned with the soap run off and called the City. The homeonwer was pissed and then started calling in to the City whenever he saw something he thought was wrong. The neighborhood went to war with each other tattling to the City. Nobody ever called the first time, they just did a random driveby and started a tattle program that wreaked havoc.

My City is not going for a homeowner, they are going for a person that is making a profit, while they are breaking the law. So full time or part time residential or commercial, if they catch you, they will do something whether you are licensed or not. Get caught not being licened and that is another item to get cited for.

I think your friend is you and you need to get with the program or get out.

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You don't know i thing about me! no it is not me. my friend has been washing boats and houses for 3 years now. I am just getting started and had a question. Thats what this forum is for!!

I'm new here so please bear with me. I'm sure that there is an answer out there somewhere, but I haven't run across it yet. My question is that if is is unlawful to allow the water to go down the drain from say "cleaning a driveway" then what do you do with it? I see info on water recovery systems such as vacuums, but once you've got this water mopped up, where do you dispose of it?

In many areas you can discharge the wash water
in to the sanitary sewer not the storm drain

You an get some ideas about Best Management Practices here:
http://www.sactostormwater.org/docum...WasherBMPs.pdf

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Welcome to the world of water recovery! A good tip is to have your wash water tested. All you have to do is contact the local sewer authority where work is being done and ask for permission to discharge into their sanitary sewer drain. Some are more difficult to deal with than others. Typically they will want to see lab test on the following: BOD, TSS, Total Oil & Grease, & Metals. Also a PH reading at time sample is collected. They will always welcome a high PH opposed to a low PH. Most of the time it is free to do this unless you need a NON-Hazardous Waste Manifest. Hopefully this helps...

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