Keep Your Car Wash Clean and Compliant with Regular Car Wash Pumping

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The wastewater produced at a commercial carwash has to be properly collected and treated by a clarifier before it is disposed of. Although the wastewater itself can be discharged once it has been cleaned, clarifiers need to be regularly pumped out to remove the solid materials and oils that accumulate. Not only is this important for meeting environmental regulations, but it also keeps your car wash clean and efficient.

Code Compliance: Car washes produce a large amount of wastewater runoff, which often contains the oils and other fluids associated with vehicles. If that water were to drain directly into the environment, it would filter into streams, bays, and eventually the ocean. This is why regulators have required that many commercial sites install and maintain treatment clarifiers to remove solids and oils before being drained out. Although clarifiers do a good job of separating and cleaning the water, they need to be pumped out like any septic system at least once every year.

Keep It Clean: If your car wash recycles water with an oil/water separator, keep the equipment in good shape with regular upkeep. Hydro-jet cleaning of lines and track cleaning is also an important part of car wash maintenance. How often your treatment equipment needs to be cleaned depends on the amount of water running through it and the amount of oils from the vehicles, but all commercial car washes should be cleaned on a regular basis.

A-1 Septic Tank Service specializes in providing your San Francisco-area car wash with the pumping and cleaning services you need to maintain your business and remain in compliance with wastewater treatment codes. We offer clarifier pumping and cleaning, track cleaning, and hydro-jetting to keep your system running efficiently. To find out more, call us at (888) 478-0730, or visit us on our website for details on our products and cleaning services.