Oil Water Separator Sizing Guide: Matching Flow Rate to Your Wash Bay Volume
OIL WATER SEPARATOR GUIDE | AUSTRALIA Oil Water Separator Sizing Guide: Matching Flow Rate to Your Wash Bay Volume To size an oil water separator, work out the highest flow your wash bay can send to it in any one hour, in litres per hour (L/h), add any rainfall [...]
Trade Waste Agreements Explained: What Councils Actually Assess Before Approval
TRADE WASTE GUIDE | AUSTRALIA Trade Waste Agreements Explained: What Councils Actually Assess Before Approval A trade waste agreement is the written permission a council or water utility gives a business to discharge non-domestic wastewater into the sewer. Before approving it, assessors look at what's in the water, how [...]
Wash Bays for Defence and Government Fleets: Meeting Security and Environmental Standards Together
DEFENCE & GOVERNMENT FLEET GUIDE | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Wash Bays for Defence and Government Fleets: Meeting Security and Environmental Standards Together Wash bays for Defence and government fleets have to meet two sets of rules at once: environmental standards for wastewater, oil and biosecurity, and site security [...]
Wheel Wash Systems for Quarries: Managing High-Volume Truck Movements
QUARRY EXIT GUIDE | AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Wheel Wash Systems for Quarries: Managing High-Volume Truck Movements Wheel wash systems for quarries are drive-through cleaning stations that strip mud, dirt and quarry fines from truck tyres and underbodies before loaded trucks reach public roads. On a busy site they [...]
Wash Bay Water Recycling ROI: A Cost Breakdown for Fleet Operators
Wash bay water recycling typically pays for itself within 12 to 24 months through water bill savings alone, before the reduced trade waste and labour costs are even factored in. That payback window is usually the number that gets a capital spend approved, provided the case behind it actually holds [...]
New Zealand Wash Bay Compliance: What’s Different From Australian EPA Rules
New Zealand wash bay compliance runs on resource consents and regional council trade waste bylaws rather than the state-based EPA system used across Australia, and the two frameworks do not line up neatly enough to assume a compliant Australian design will pass on the other side of the Tasman. Operators [...]
