Jim@Garagecleaning
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Was talking with the EPA about the "Dry Well Systems" throughout the USA.
California has completed a long study about Dry Wells and found them to be inadequate in preventing containments from reaching the underground drinking supply. California is making it mandatory to have them removed ( Pulled Out ) from various locations throughout California.
They are being replaced with a oil water separator in ground that has to be maintained by the owner of the property. Depending on the size of the separator and the uses, the owner will have to replace the elements on a regular maintenance schedule. The old media needs to be hauled off as Class II Hazardous Waste and the media replaced. This won't be cheap!
This is important because the EPA will not allow Caustic to be used with this type of filter as the only means to remove the caustic from the cleaning process. NOTE: This type of filter will not remove caustic.
Owners are being forewarned that they are responsible as well as the end user for any pressure washing that uses the filtration system for the purpose of cleaning. ( Meaning that you have to bring your own filter. The days of using the station filtration system while you pressure wash the gas pads are over)
If California is implementing this, rest assure, it will be heading east.
California just healed a seminar about this and other pressure washing issues. They also had talks on how to start the process for issuing citations for these issues. I was told that states as far as North Carolina and Florida attended. In our county alone, they citied over $193,000 in Violations to pressure washer alone. JUST pressure washing. States and County's are strapped for cash. This is a way from them to get some extra cash.
Check with your state to see if you can use caustic without any treatment or prevention from entering into the storm water system.
Just last month, Jan '09, a pressure washer did a garage without filtration unit. He was fined over $17,000 on the first day, plus lawyer fees of $12,000, plus the county went after the owner of the garage as well. He did not get paid from the job, permit revoked and end up costing him $29,000 and some change plus lost wages and expenses. EPA figures the day cost the company in questioned about $33,000 and now has a bad rep. within the company he was doing business with and throughout the county.
Do you see why the states are interested in this venture ?
California has completed a long study about Dry Wells and found them to be inadequate in preventing containments from reaching the underground drinking supply. California is making it mandatory to have them removed ( Pulled Out ) from various locations throughout California.
They are being replaced with a oil water separator in ground that has to be maintained by the owner of the property. Depending on the size of the separator and the uses, the owner will have to replace the elements on a regular maintenance schedule. The old media needs to be hauled off as Class II Hazardous Waste and the media replaced. This won't be cheap!
This is important because the EPA will not allow Caustic to be used with this type of filter as the only means to remove the caustic from the cleaning process. NOTE: This type of filter will not remove caustic.
Owners are being forewarned that they are responsible as well as the end user for any pressure washing that uses the filtration system for the purpose of cleaning. ( Meaning that you have to bring your own filter. The days of using the station filtration system while you pressure wash the gas pads are over)
If California is implementing this, rest assure, it will be heading east.
California just healed a seminar about this and other pressure washing issues. They also had talks on how to start the process for issuing citations for these issues. I was told that states as far as North Carolina and Florida attended. In our county alone, they citied over $193,000 in Violations to pressure washer alone. JUST pressure washing. States and County's are strapped for cash. This is a way from them to get some extra cash.
Check with your state to see if you can use caustic without any treatment or prevention from entering into the storm water system.
Just last month, Jan '09, a pressure washer did a garage without filtration unit. He was fined over $17,000 on the first day, plus lawyer fees of $12,000, plus the county went after the owner of the garage as well. He did not get paid from the job, permit revoked and end up costing him $29,000 and some change plus lost wages and expenses. EPA figures the day cost the company in questioned about $33,000 and now has a bad rep. within the company he was doing business with and throughout the county.
Do you see why the states are interested in this venture ?
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