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Service Stations
Service stations are considered an essential community facility in any developed society. However they can pose a significant potential pollution risk and require stormwater treatment devices designed for high-risk applications.
Service stations are multi-purpose facilities – such as mechanical workshops, carwashes, and refuelling pumps. They use a variety of petroleum products including, oils, grease, solvents and detergents on a daily basis. Capturing pollutants and potential spills is a requirement of modern environmental compliance and government regulations.
Service stations can pose contamination risks to water resources through:
- leakage of fuels from storage facilities, especially those located within single-walled underground tank systems
- spillage of engine coolant, fuel, hydraulic fluid, lubricants or solvents on the forecourt areas
- inappropriate containment or disposal of wastes such as car parts, batteries, tyres and fluids derived from mechanical servicing
- wastewater disposal from vehicle wash facilities.
Petrol stations with the following defects:
- Canopy drip line that does not allow for the 10-degree inset
- Fuel hose line that reaches outside the drip line
- Fuel bowsers that have no canopy
- Defective Oil/Water plate separator (Sewer connected)
Atlan manufacture and supply Atlan Spillceptor & Atlan Flowceptor which are effective at capturing hydrocarbon. They are easy to install and require little maintenance.
