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This is Fred Ball for Zions Bank, speaking on business.
We've been urged to conserve water as much as possible. But what if your business is a car wash? How can you expect to be profitable?
Well, a Utah company called Hydro Engineering is solving that problem. It has developed a new car wash wastewater filtration and water recycling system.
Called the Extreme Clean System, Hydro Engineering's product basically filters and separates contaminants out of water and allows the water to be reused. It works like this: used water at the car wash falls into a central drain and is pumped to the Extreme Clean reclaim system. The system includes a set or series of tanks where oils and solids are removed. The filtered water can then be reused for subsequent washings. Most of the oil can also be recycled, and what isn't reused is consumed by special bacteria called Biodigesters.
The Extreme Clean systems are easy to install in any car wash and simple to maintain. The special filters they use are automatically maintained and require very little user attention.
Hydro Engineering has also developed high tech pressure washers. Its Hydroblaster Automatic Truck and Bus Wash Systems can thoroughly wash an 80-foot long semi truck in less than two minutes using only about 16 percent of the fresh water other wash systems normally use. The result is conserved water and money savings. One Salt Lake truck wash that uses the system reported saving more than $13,000 a year.
Hydro Engineering's filtration and recycling systems aren't just for stationary wash bays. Heavy equipment can be cleaned onsite using portable wash water collection systems called Hydropads. The pads capture the used water and channel it to be filtered and recycled. Several pad systems are being used by the U.S. Army for Operation Enduring Freedom. And with the ongoing drought nationwide, Hydro Engineering is busy installing its other systems across the country. For more information on these water-saving products, visit hydroblaster.com.
For Zions Bank, I'm Fred Ball. I'm speaking on business.
