How To Recover Wash Water And Why It's Important
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- It is important to understand how wash water recovery works, so that the water used during a job doesn't run into our storm drains leading into our creeks and rivers.
In this video, we will demonstrate how to prevent water from flowing into a storm drain, and show you how we use sand bags and our water reclaim vacuum to capture waste water.
A few things to keep in mind when setting up your wash water recovery:
1. Identify the location of the storm drain.
2. Identify the direction of the flow of water.
3. Remember to always keep an extra filter in your truck in case it becomes clogged with debris.
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Excellent video.
Excited to learn a little more about this, this week at the expo.
Just built my first water reclamation system along with a surface cleaner that hooks directly up to the vacuum. What's frustrating is the amount of guys out there that don't reclaim or at least relocate and tell ya you don't need to. To many guys not knowing what they're doing and why.
That is great to hear! Unfortunately there are always cases like that.
Hi, can you make a video on how you did it, or do you have the video where you learned how? Thanks
@@iamjacksundyingaddiction6595 first you want to understand how they work. Look up water reclamation vacs and check out the IPC EAGLE Water RECLAMATION VAC. Read it's specs and review how it works. Then get a 55 gallon drum with a removable lid. Get the highest CFM shop back you can. At least 175. I'm using a 200 CFM shop back. Next look up 55 gallon shop vac on RUclips. Build that. Then get a submersible water pump ie sump pump picking handle at least 1/3 inch debris. It needs to be good with chemicals so one for a pool is one good most likely want to use. That is installed on the bottom of the drum. Do the plumbing for the exhaust hose and the exhaust hose hooks up outside of the drum. Sump pump should be able to pump at least 19 gallons a minute. At least this is what I built you will also need a screen on the inside to pick up debris. The reason you want a vac that can pass larger debris is it the screen fails. This is a homemade item and you need to take precautions if something fails mid job. Pretty much that's all there is to it
@@diamondback2085 is it the shop vac that connects to the surface cleaner I take it
@@iamjacksundyingaddiction6595 the IPC eagle gives a pretty good run down how it's made. But yeah. Just if your connecting to a surface cleaner you will need more connectors and hoses to fit. I made the setup I made because I have that surface cleaner selected. But the primary use is to relocate water or in worst case scenario I can collect it for disposal later. I don't usually do grease stains or anything like that mostly just cleaning up houses and driveways. And in most areas so long as the dirty water does not go down the drains you're totally fine so aggressive field is sufficient. You have to check the laws in your area some you have to actually collect and take away and clean the water before you dump it. But again it depends on your area. Basically I watched about 30 or 40 vids on how to build a 55 gallon Shop-Vac and then looked at Water recovery vacs and what their specs were and modified the Shop-Vac design to create a water recovery vac. I plan to build out for about 2 months of study in 3 days of building
Great video bro I subbed up and followed 👍
We reclaim and I think we’re gonna start making videos to help others learn more about reclaiming
Great video and spreading that knowledge 🔑
Thank you for the encouragement! That's a great idea. Wash water recovery is so important and there can never be too much information over how to do it right.
This is a huge issue potentially because of politics and the surge in business
... this is a million dollar idea
@@justputdale1211 your right
@@littlespressurewashing especially for driveways..Could easily make q funnel and use pump im thinking into sand filter or etc etc
@@justputdale1211 you are right I have sandbags in a reclaim system I made a video about it on my channel with my recovery system,you can build your own though for a lot cheaper mine filters and I can re use it but I never re use it just filter in properly to where it’s safe again.
So now you have all this oily, dirty water. Who do you go to dump it off at?
I have the same question.......
How you dispose of the dirty water?
Polyester oil absorbant, flocculant settling, 50 micron filtration, dump down the sanitary sewer.
@@u2ooberboober Pretty good solution! Poly pads are almost cheap too!
Where do you take the reclaimed water? Having a hard time finding a place where I am
We take it to the sanitary sewer
How much does it cost to get a system like the one you got? Is there any cheaper version than that one?
You're looking at 6K to 10K. Sump pump and sand damn is the cheapest way
Would you mind elaborating on that sump pump and sand dam combo?
Has anybody used water socks? They are 10' long and run about $100+. Is it worth the expense or just stick to sand bags?
What license?
I'd like to see it work with a good amount of water. That was barley any water to say if it works good or not
Where do u dump it?
To the sanitary sewer
How much does that cost?
You can build one for about $400 or so. A brand build starts $800+ or more. They get super pricey but are worth every penny.
How would you recommend building one DIY?
How you dispose of the dirty water?
In their back yard
@@forthntwint wouldn't that kill their plants?
You can put it in an evaporator setup (think open metal pan and a bed of coals underneath) and save the solids for solid waste. Or take the liquid waste to your water treatment center. Or a lot of folks just drop it into the sanitary sewer cleanout (probably illegal, especially if there's oil in it). There are also a lot of guys that just go to a car wash and drop it in the tunnel drain, since car washes have a robust filter / treatment system and are pretty heavily regulated. But that screws over the car wash because they'll have to replace filters / pump out and it costs THEM money... The safest way is to call your water treatment center and ask them if they can take the liquid. If not, call the next treatment facility, etc. It's tough, and can get really expensive. So yeah, a lot of guys dump it into their own septic, and just budget 2-3 honey trucks a year. Disposal is maybe $1500/year that way, instead of $150-500/load (1-2 days of washing) at the plant.