Nine types of facilities that need oil-water separators
- Sep 29, 2015
Food-service establishments aren’t the only businesses that have to keep oil and grease out of wastewater.
Federal, state and local clean water regulations require facilities that generate petroleum oil waste to use oil-water separators to ensure oil doesn’t escape into the sewer system. When oil does escape, not only can it cause big problems for treatment systems, it can also mean significant fines and other penalties for the facility that produced the waste oil.
While specific regulations vary somewhat from state to state, here are nine types of facilities commonly required to have oil-water separators.
