Illegal Dumping of Truck Mount Dirty Water

The city I live in has a dumping station its worth the money to get rid of it safely then to illegally dump and get a nice fine! Not to mention I live near cranberry bogs I dont think Ocean Spray would like the extra ingredients in their product lol!

Almost all of the chemicals I use are actually Eco friendly I used to pay to dispose of it in my town but now I just pump it on my lawn. I should just start watering my grass with it as the area where I pump the water seems to make the grass nice and green.

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Waste Tank Discharge from Carpet Cleaning Equipment

Under the Clean Water Act, you cannot dump your waste-water directly into surface water - such as retention ponds, lakes, rivers, ponds etc.

It is illegal to dump your clean or dirty solution down a storm sewer, into a stream or onto a street, or driveway.

Even if your customer permits you to dump on his/her yard it's unwise. If the groundwater runs off to wetlands or streams of if the property is as close as 75 feet to a well, storm sewer, dam or any other source that leads to a stream, Additionally, if the soil is waterlogged, rocky or often flooded, it is usually not legal.

In many areas, you cannot dump into a septic tank system unless it is large enough to handle the load.

Moreover, special permission, license and even fees are required in some communities. In a few communities, you may dump ONLY in a designated hazardous waste disposal plant.

Recovered waste-water may only be dumped into a sanitary sewer line which discharges into a publicly owned waste-water treatment plant.

Bear in mind that usually this water is no more harmful than the dirty water coming from a consumers dishwasher or laundry machine, which also cannot, obviously, be dumped into a storm sewer or into the street!

If you do not have a sanitary sewer where you can dump at home or at your place of business, we suggest you make arrangements with a car wash or an RV dumpsite. Just be certain to get WRITTEN permission and always strain out solid matter using a wire mesh when dumping. Keep this written permission in your truck in case someone, such as the police, question whether you have permission. If you don't have the written permission with you, you might get arrested!

Many cleaners get in trouble with the law every year. They are fined severely and sometimes even jailed for dumping waste-water into streams, ponds, or into the street. Not only can the company be fined, but the individual technician doing the illegal dumping can also be fined! Waste-water cannot be emptied into storm drains because most drains empty into surface waters. This is true not just for professional carpet cleaners but is also true of professionals doing such things as pressure washing vehicles and buildings!

All to do about dumping...

Why not do the right thing and purchase a proper sump pump and pump it where it is legal.

I guess I already know the answer. $$$$$

Everyone will do it illegally until a gun is pointed at your head.

Here is an idea... be the first to own one in your area and market it as such and watch your volume climb. Plus, you sleep nights knowing you are doing the proper thing and play it up.

get caught illegal dumping, your looking at a ministry of the evironment fine. Those START at $10000. Company I work for had a sanitary sewer line installed in the garage. Cost $3000. We only dump at the shop. RV dump sites and city waste disposal sites are also legal

Supernatural, nobody can pull that truckmount card on me because I have a ProChem Everest 650hp. We only had one customer mention the use of a portable since we began using them about 5 or 6 months ago and he shut up in a hurry once he saw how clean the carpets were coming. Not many customers know the difference between a tm and portable but they can tell an excellent carpet cleaning from a mediocre one. Our booster M5 with RV360i does an excellent job.