Oil Water Separator For Garages

2211 2 3 drainage and disposal of liquids and oil soaked waste.

Oil water separator for garages.

Fire code of new york section 2211 repair garages. 421 formula for oil water separator sizing. Oil water separators protect the environment by preventing oils and sediment from entering the municipal waste water system. Garage floor drains where provided shall drain to approved oil separators or traps discharging to a sewer in accordance with the plumbing code of new york state.

When an oil separator is installed in an automobile truck bus or tractor garage in a service station or in a repair shop with facilities for motor or transmission overhauling it must have a minimum static water depth of 24 inches below the invert of the separator outlet and a minimum static water capacity of 6 cubic feet. This separator will remove virtually all free and dispersed oil from the wastewater. The oil water separator proposed is sized according to the american petroleum institutes publication no. Oil and lube shops auto repair garages car dealerships fleet maintenance garages and other facilities that deal with vehicles and oil are required to use oil water separators.

The effluent shall contain less than 10 mg l of oil droplets greater than 20 microns with a specific gravity of. The sand oil separator will collect any water discharge off from cars garage wash down or from other sources to remove any grit and oil that may be present. Drains serving enclosed parking garage levels should be collected and discharged through a sand oil interceptor prior to entering the sanitary sewer system. Store oil recovered by the separation process and all other equipment or containers at a regulated facility that do not qualify for the wastewater treatment exemption are required to meet the applicable spcc requirements 67 fr 47069 july 17 2002.