| Should all carwashes being built in the | | | | best be done? Well with a series of dips or |
| future be commissioned to collect all the | | | | concrete canals thru the parking lot which |
| water coming off the cars to be recycled and | | | | were indented about 2-3 inches like a reverse |
| reused? Should all rain water coming onto the | | | | speed bump and with all areas sloped towards |
| property, perhaps even adjoining properties | | | | it. Adjacent property run off could also be |
| be sent thru a similar system to treat, | | | | collected, by use of small grated troughs |
| filter and condition the water to be used to | | | | running along their perimeters and towards |
| wash cars?Could you build a car wash which | | | | the car wash, which would include all rain |
| relied on rain storm water with reservoirs | | | | gutter run off too. The car wash would always |
| and recycling using all the water over and | | | | have plenty of water and would not need city |
| over again to prevent waste, conserve water | | | | water hook up, but rather a large reservoir |
| and perhaps even not have any city water hook | | | | of pre-filtrated storm water run |
| ups or sewer discharges at all; a perfectly | | | | off.Currently in the car wash industry there |
| environmentally friendly car wash system for | | | | are plenty of fully self-contained close loop |
| the twenty first century? Well, yes this is | | | | systems, which recycle the water and reuse it |
| all possible. How so you ask?Well recently a | | | | over and over again. This concept would be |
| smart Business Marketing Student came up with | | | | taking that concept to a whole new level. |
| this concept and pitched the idea to an | | | | Indeed there is 5-7 gallons loss of water |
| online think tank, to ask them if; A) Anyone | | | | thru evaporation during the drying process |
| had ever done this before and B) If there was | | | | and ending up on the towels and/or left on |
| equipment already available which could be | | | | the car wash property while dripping. Most of |
| used to make it possible.It appears our | | | | this would then be collected unless a super |
| fellow Marketing Student and Thinker, Paula | | | | hot day. Additionally the water that drips |
| Chavis, has hit the jackpot on both accounts. | | | | off the car as it drives down the street from |
| In that yes such equipment does exist and it | | | | the car wash would then be compensated for by |
| would only be a matter of installing it and | | | | the collection of storm water from the rain |
| no, no one has ever done anything like this | | | | and the run off from the adjacent properties. |
| on this level or scale to my knowledge. | | | | Consider all this n 2006.Lance Winslow - |
| Previously before retirement, I was indeed in | | | | Online Think Tank forum board. |
| the car wash industry myself.How could this | | | | |