Illustration - Storm Drain irony

Doug, what are you sweeping up? Dirt?

Or are you spreading out absorbent before cleaning?
 
Dirt and Trash. Chris from SMK had already been out and applied BT200 a few days before. Chris has a big job going on in Shreveport so he asked me to take it over. I was just there to take care of the final surface clean up. Took us about 15 minutes. I just always take pictures now when doing this stuff to show we never violated the MS4. Around here you never know who may be taking pics of you.
 
All the refineries along ship channels use the oil socks and oil pads, that is just a way of doing business.

I used them for 12 years while at the refinery and another couple years at a petroleum inspection company, they work good at absorbing oil.

I am sure that the companies that make the oil socks and oil pads have some studies or pictures or video proof that they work.

I think that what the city of H is talking about is that they might not absorb all of the hydrocarbons, I asked a question if the oil socks would be ok and I think it was Walsh that said "Would you drink the water after the oil sock?" and then said that they had the oil socks tested and proved that they don't work.

I don't believe this for a minute, besides most of the other crap that the city of H people said, we all heard them contradicting each other on a couple of questions.

I seriously doubt that they had over 20 different oil sock company products tested, they probably grabbed a couple of socks and did some testing but from talking to those people, they probably grabbed the regular water socks, not the oil socks which would let hydrocarbons by instead of using the oil socks that are made for hydrocarbons.

For many years at the refinery and even at the inspection company we used the oil pads and socks for spills and they worked good.

The refinery I worked for spent about $20,000 per month on oil socks and oil pads from one company until that company had problems and went out of business but the refinery started spending about the same money through other companies for similar oil socks and oil pads.

Maybe the city of H wants a double-blind study with years of research and investigation to be done before they believe anything but the proof is out there in real-world use before they let anyone pressure wash and let the runoff go into the street gutters.

The oil pads and oil socks absorb hydrocarbons clear as day but there are many different brands and kinds, you cannot just buy any sock or pad and expect it to work on hydrocarbons as the companies out there make them for water, chemicals, hydrocarbons, etc...... you need the right tool for the job.
 
Doug Rucker said:
Dirt and Trash. Chris from SMK had already been out and applied BT200 a few days before. Chris has a big job going on in Shreveport so he asked me to take it over. I was just there to take care of the final surface clean up. Took us about 15 minutes. I just always take pictures now when doing this stuff to show we never violated the MS4. Around here you never know who may be taking pics of you.
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That is a good idea, you never know, there could be the rats from goldensuk or was it goldenrat taking pictures instead of out there working like the rest of us, I forget the name of that company that was ratting out contractors to the city of H.
 
Great info here guys thanks for sharing.


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Thanks for sharing that video Nigel.

Having been around these poly socks and pads for over 20 years, that product looks superior to the poly product except...........That is not a standard poly oil sock, that is a sock-looking rolled up bunch of pads. Standard oil socks are the poly material loosely packed into a fabric sock, not pads twisted up into a roll.

By twisting up pads into a roll, it takes a lot longer to absorb through the pad then into the next pad then into the next pad, etc...... where the loosely packed poly material in a sock has no resistance to absorbing because there is no tightly packed material (pad after pad after pad) to go through then another and another, just loosely packed material to keep on absorbing.

The way the video looks, the other material does appear to be superior to the rolled up poly pads and will probably be a better product to use in spills.

It looks like their product is a pad-like design so that is probably why they rolled up poly pads to do a comparison so it would look to be fair and similar products.

Their product did absorb all the way through to the inside which makes it a good product.

New Pig makes a similar product by the pads or by the roll where you cut off what you need, it is dark gray like this product also.

Thanks again Nigel.
 
Why did I have a feeling that he was going to do that? hahahahaha

That is a good video and it shows that the product is better than regular polypropylene.

Maybe that product would work good in an oil/water separator as a primary stage for grabbing the hydrocarbons thus saving the filters some work?

I wonder if they make that product into cartridge filters so you can swap them out quickly?

Thanks for sharing this info Nigel.
 
Oh yeah, I realize that. I'm talking about the good Sgt making the comment that "would you drink that water after it goes through a filter"....well this guy did.
 
I would email him the link or burn it to a cd and give it to him or even better yet, bring it on a thumb drive to the next meeting so he can watch it and see what he says now. hahahahahahaha

Will this work since this guy is drinking the water? You said if you could drink the water then we could use those oil socks. see what he says now.......maybe more terrible duties for him. hahahahaha
 
Christopher said:
Why did I have a feeling that he was going to do that? hahahahaha

That is a good video and it shows that the product is better than regular polypropylene.

Maybe that product would work good in an oil/water separator as a primary stage for grabbing the hydrocarbons thus saving the filters some work?

I wonder if they make that product into cartridge filters so you can swap them out quickly?

Thanks for sharing this info Nigel.
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BINGO!!.... I have this in my first stage of OWS..
 
Could us a filter canister and just roll it up and insert inline. Also, could let it float at top of waste water tank. I am assuming you could wring out the oil and reuse it. Take the oil to Auto Z0ne for disposal. Would this work?
 
That is a good idea, wring them out and take the oil to be recycled.
 
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