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Every time you wash a car or truck, water contaminated with oil, grit, antifreeze,
and other automotive fluids rinses off. This run-off has the potential to find
its way into bodies of water and ultimately contaminate them-a violation of state
and federal regulations. Also, if your floor drain is tied into the local sewer
system, the treatment plant may have discharge limits that you are required to
meet.
You can take action to address the issue. You might simply cover your floor
drains with a concrete patch, or install an oil/water separator. If you wash
vehicles at your facility-especially if you’re not sure where the run-off
goes-we highly recommend that you review key points of the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System regulations that are covered in detail in the links
that follow.
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