Washing Your Car and the Environment

Few people realize that washing your car in your driveway can negatively affect the environment. What washes away from your car is untreated waste water goes directly into storm drains and eventually into rivers, streams, creeks and wetlands where it pollutes and poisons aquatic life and inflicts other ecosystem mayhem. After all, that water that runs off your car is a loaded a blend of gasoline, oils, greases, and residues from exhaust fumes as well as the harsh detergents and solvents used for the washing itself.

On the other hand, federal laws require car washes are to run their wash and rinse water through a series of clarifiers, This process separates dirt, oil, detergents, and other pollutants from water before it goes into the sewer system and is released into the great outdoors.When washing your car in your driveway, 80 to 140 gallons of water is wasted versus 15 to 25 gallons at a car wash.

Although washing your car at home may be convenient, it is indeed harming our environment. At CrossRoads Hand Car Wash we are an environmentally-friendly car wash.

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