You can’t afford to discharge it in this condition.
What are your alternatives? You can:
– Pump it through an oil filter sock which is time-consuming and messy.
– Call a vac truck and have them pump, haul and treat the oily water…which takes even more of your precious time and is very expensive.
– Install petroleum filter valves on your outlet drain to filter out the sheen.
In a perfect world, petro-valves work great, but storm water comes with another problem….sediment and suspended solids. And in 90%+ of the cases, the sediment clogs the filter valves long before the oily sheen. And replacing them can cost between $700 and $2,500 each.
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