Oil Water Separator For Residential Garage

Oil water separators best environmental practices for auto repair and fleet management november 1999 author us epa region 9 pollution prevention team subject this fact sheet discusses the basic operation of owss in handling vehicle and floor wash water and techniques to improve ows performance and reduce costs liabilities.

Oil water separator for residential garage.

To provide the best products and service to our customers at the lowest prices possible. When an oil separator is installed in an automobile truck bus or tractor garage in a service station or in a repair shop with facilities for motor or transmission overhauling it must have a minimum static water depth of 24 inches below the invert of the separator outlet and a minimum static water capacity of 6 cubic feet. Liquid holding capacity ranges from 20 gallons up to 240 gallons. Floor drains can mix many sources of waste including wash water used oil chemicals and sediments into a single difficult to manage semi liquid stream.

For a house residential type of construction and use oil and water separators are not required. Construction the sd series separator drain is built of all welded heavy steel for maximum structural strength and durability. Contents of oil separators traps and floor drainage systems shall be collected at sufficiently frequent intervals and removed from the premises to prevent oil from being carried into the sewers. The large capacity oil water interceptors come standard with heavy traffic load rating h 20.

Quite a few subscribers were wondering where the drain water goes from the garage and if i had installed an oil separator. The pipe drains to the ground outside about 40 feet from the garage door. This has not changed in years. That s a contraption for lack of a better word that prevents oil that might wash away from vehicles from getting into the ground.

Let s apply common sense. Our mission is simple. There was a bit more to the drain than just the drain itself. Because the drain was in the floor of a garage space it needed an oil water separator.

The sd series is and all in one sand separator and garage drain. For complete protection of garage and similar types of floor drainage other rockford drainage units are recommended for use in conjunction with the sd series. I didn t install an oil separator and it s not required by the code. Each is equipped with a removable 3 8 nonskid diamond tread plate cover for flush grade installation.