Intention of Filtration System Design:  The LITTLE SUCKER and The BIG SUCKER were designed to be a water recovery system to be used to recover the effluent from typical vehicle and /or parts washing and a host of other applications and clean it up for reuse as gray wash water.

Cleaning Technologies Incorporated into The LITTLE SUCKER and BIG SUCKER are:

Additional filters, which can be incorporated into these systems can be designed to eliminate or reduce the following:  Algae, Aluminum, Arsenic,  Bacteria,  Benzene,  Bicarbonate,  BOD,  Cadmium, Carbon Tetrachloride, Chloride, Chlorobenzene, Chloroethane, Chloroform, COD, Copper, Dichlorobenzene, Dichlorethylene, Dichloropropene, Dinitro-Phenol, Dinitro-Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Flourine, FOG (Fats, Oils, Grease), Gasoline, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Gas, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Methyl Chloride, Methyl Isobutyl Ketone, Naphthalene, Nitrobenzene, Nitrophenol,    Phenol,    Radon,    Suspended    Solids, Tetrahydofuran,     Tin,     Toluene,     Trichlorobenzene, Trichiorethylene, Urea, Xylene

The LITTLE SUCKER and BIG SUCKER water recovery systems are manufactured to provide the latest in filtering technologies available in the market today.  All water coming into the filtering system will be filtered and processed back to "Wash Quality Water" standards and additional filtration can be added to remove or reduce those contaminants mentioned above.   Detergent and other chemicals may not be entirely removed and additional filtering may be required, if removal is desired.   Water, which is intended to be overflowed or discharged to the sewer, can be cleaned to this quality prior to discharge to sewer.   Due to the varied nature of effluent water encountered and pumped into the systems and because the assurance and quality of routine maintenance cannot be guaranteed, a guarantee of a specific water quality is difficult to provide.

Although most wash pad designs have a discharge to sewer or septic field, these systems can also be operated as “closed-loop” wash water recycling systems with no discharge to sewer at all.  In this case, most regulatory agencies will not need to be concerned with the filtered discharge water contaminant limitations.  If the system is to be operated in this manner, we do recommend that the pits be pumped out once a year and the complete system “re-freshened” with fresh water.  If the application is especially oily or greasy as in the case of steam cleaning and degreasing engine parts, more frequent pit pumping may be required.