Bio-degradeable engine degreaser?

[hcarter62]

The one advantage of going to the car wash is the oil and detergent is in all likely hood captured in a oil seperator before being discharged to your local wastewater treatment plant. Folk that live in urban areas want to be carefull that your washings are not going to the street storm drain. Detergent has a lot of phosphorus as an ingredient, and is a primary component of algee blooms and oxygen depletion in our waterways. As I am sure most of you know the majority of storm drains are a direct dischage to the nearest brook, stream, or river.

 

[bmac]

I think many (if not most) of the car washes in our area recycle the wash water somehow. Don't know the details in how this is done or what they do with the left-over sludge.

<font color="blue">Folk that live in urban areas want to be carefull that your washings are not going to the street storm drain. Detergent has a lot of phosphorus as an ingredient, and is a primary component of algee blooms and oxygen depletion in our waterways. As I am sure most of you know the majority of storm drains are a direct dischage to the nearest brook, stream, or river. </font>

My personal contribution to preventing this kind of polution is to avoid washing my truck at all. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif With all of the dirt I've accumulated, I'm actually starting to get a pretty nice lawn on the hood.