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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 to the stormwater system.
The varied activities of a service station, including a mechanical workshop, carwash, and refuelling pump, use petroleum products, oils, grease, solvents and detergents on a daily basis. These pollutants can be easily transported by clean water and discharged into stormwater drains.
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.
Non Compliant sites
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)
SPEL manufacture and supply SPEL Puraceptor & SPEL Stormceptor which are effective at capturing hydrocarbon. They are easy to install and require little maintenance.
