I have been a lurker here for a little while. I have a question for you guys. I have been cleaning a couple of gas stations recently. I developed a machine attachment and process which cleans gas stations to almost a new appearance with minimal amounts of chemical (only small amounts of a general concrete degergent). The chain of gas stations wants me to sign a contract to clean ~600 stores twice a year. I have the capital, machines, and manpower to perform the job. I have yet to run into a problem with the EPA on any type of job. However, someone has informed me that I should be capturing my water and disposing of it. How difficult is this to do and what sort of cost are we talking about? I would appreciate your feedback.
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Scott Stone
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Recapture is not that hard to do. It is a bit time consuming. For what you are doing there are really only a couple of possibilities. The first is to buy a fury 2400. They are a bit pricey but work like a carpet cleaner for concrete. As soon as the water is sprayed down it gets sucked up. Figure around $12,000 for the vacuum machine and surface celaner. The second is a vacu boom system, or similar. This will let the water flow to a gathering point and then be vacummed up and pumped to your rig. The full thing is about $3000. Then there is the Scott Stone method. (read cheap and effective.) I have a couple of booms that I put down that actually adhere to the concrete instead of lying on top and letting the water go under, this directs the water to a 55 gallon vacuum that sucks the water up. It has a sump Pump inside that will pump the water back to the holding tank. You can also filter the water for reuse, and then dispose of it down the sanitary sewer, If your area allows it. The filters require two things. A particle filter to get the grit dirt and debris out and somthing that will absorb the oil. A pool filter usually works adequately. You will also need the pump to push the water through the pool filter, from the holding tank before your regular water tank. Let me know if you have any more questions or if you need help understanding what I said. By the way the source that I would use for the dams is www.newpig.com You might want to call to make sure that they are usable in your situation.
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Any statement that I make about equipment, processes or your hair color is my own personal opinion. I usually base it on personal experience. If you disagree with me you are free to reply on both the BBS and by e-mail. If I am totally off base please explain why on the BBS so that we may all know why
Bus. Phone 480-834-3434
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[This message has been edited by Scott Stone (edited August 09, 2000).]
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Do any of them have car washes? You can get away with a real simple method with the ones that do. Just plug the storm drain and use a small pump like they use to pump water out of a boat with. Pump the water into the car wash system and you are totally compliant.
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