Hello Chris,
Are you related to The Oklahoma City and now Texas Chappel's? Just curious we go back along way with Roy.
I do not know, most of my father's family is from Washington State, Oregon, and then from up in Canada but you just never know. They never made out a family tree but I have been bugging them for years now.
The short answer to your question is Yes. If you put soap in a portable recycling system You will continue to reuse the soap. But the entire idea for recycling water is to be 100% recycled water or as close as you can get. We drastically limit the amount of soap we use when recycling. You are better off using my system as a pretreatment system for discharge when fleet washing, vehicle washing or any other cleaning were you use excessive chemicals.
A perfect example were this comes in handy. We recently cleaned the inside of a factory. Ceilings, walls and floors. We had a total area of 88,000 square feet to wash. The building was really greasy and the city was not about to take that water without it being treated. The ownser of the factory was agast when we gave him our price of $ 66,860.00. We did explain to the owner that when we contacted the city this water had to be treated prior to discharge. He got several other quotes and went with us eventhough we weren't the cheapest. He liked the idea of treating the water to protect the water supply and avoid fines. I took six guys five hot water blasters 6gpm@ 3500psi and went to work. We figured the job at three weeks including set up of the pretreatment system. We told our guys that if they got it down in two or less they would get a 500.00 bonus each. In a week and a half the job was done the owner was beside himself with the cleanliness of the building and has used us several times since.
The moral I guess, guys will pay more to do the right thing. I know first hand the cleaning market is getting tight. Why continue to fight over the same hill with your so called Competitors? Make a new hill. Be ahead of the curve.
I have people that do fleet washing that treat the water and send it back to the city. Others treat the water and leave it in totes for pick-up and treatment by authorized waste haulers. Some still wash right to ground. It all depends on what you want fot your company.
Ask yourself do you want to fight over the same tired hill constantly dropping prices until all you have is a job? Or do you want to take it to the next level by slowing down, using the right equipment, use less chemicals, protect the enviornment and do superior work building the reputation as the go to be the Best Cleaning Contractor in your area.
