I don't know if this should go under wastewater or not but here is my problem. I've been washing fleets for over five years. I've been really blessed to pick up accounts that already have wash pits in place to capture all water. We do vacuum trucks, dump trucks, all sorts. I gotta call the other day for a company that has 26 vac trucks and trailers. They do not have a wash pit. Now, being that I'm experienced in washing vac trucks, I know how nasty they get and I know how much water we use. What I don't know is how much of the water can I expect to recover? Take into account how muddy these trucks stay. If I wash 20 trucks, (water is on-site), we can expect to use somewhere around 4200 gallons of water that day. Lets say we recover one third of this, that's 1400 gallons of water. Pretty much, that's a whole other trailer with a 1500 gallon tank on it. Extra fuel, extra cost, extra price per truck. Plus, if we have to leave while washing to dispose of it. I've come to the point, to expand, I will have to start recovering. Sump pump, wash mat, filters for mud and grease, all that is not a prob. I've looked into evaporators and water filtration systems and I could never get that to pay off being as no one around here seems to recover water. What I want to know: am I stuck with having to take two trucks everywhere I go or is there a simpler solution to my problem?
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