Crew Powerwashing

Power washing companies has to follow certain rules and regulations while discharging their services. The federal and state regulations prohibit the discharge of pollutants to water bodies and also prohibit non-storm water discharges. The discharges that are not proper and that are done to the sanitary sewer, septic tanks or land can cause environment damage and also violate the laws. Crew power washing company uses the technology of recovery of waste water from power washing. There are various waste water collection methods that are available with various contractors undertaking this work.

It is always better to determine the waste water collection methods that are planning to implement during a power washing activity. In case, any authorization or permit is required for undertaking this activity, it is good to obtain it prior to the activity. The locations at which the waste water are planned to dispose are also to be identified prior to the power washing. After the power washing procedure, there may be some residual amount of waste water that is not possible to collect and which will not reach storm drains and that will be left in paved surfaces.

This area needs a thorough cleaning at a later stage to remove the left out solids that can be washed into the storm drain. There are certain procedures that the power washing company can adopt for the waste water collection. The first step is to identify the storm drain area by identifying the high and low spots where water can be pooled for collection. Always avoid mixing waste water with hazardous content waste water because the mixing will then require complicated treatment before disposing it to the common drain area.

For reducing the oil content in the waste water, it is better to be filtered through an oil absorbent boom and filter. Berms are protective barriers which prevent waste water from entering the storm drain and it is placed around the storm drain inlet. Storm drain covers or mats are other devices that are placed on top of the storm drain for preventing the waste water from entering the storm drain system. These mats will help to accumulate the waste water until the full pressure washing activity is over.

Containment pools are portable pool used by power washers to collect waste water. This type of pools is easy to assemble and also allow the waste water to be collected so that it will prevent po