I was asked to clean a patio for a restaurant that sits on the water in Virginia. Everything that is applied anywhere on the site will run directly into the Chesapeake Bay so I want to make sure I get this right. Does anyone have experience with a situation like this and suggestions on what to use? For now it is just flat work on concrete that is heavily stained with dirt and grease but I expect they will want me to do the vinyl siding, stucco, and brick in the future.
If there’s grease I would reclaim regardless if your chems are eco friendly. I would imagine you have some strict epa regulations there being on the bay. I wouldn’t risk it with the amount of fines they’d stick you with.
There’s this product called De-Oilit. Its a degreaser that turns the grease back into “dirt” and continues to do so on down where the runoff goes. So it claims the benefit continues on with any new oil and grease it comes into contact with until it becomes defunct. Theres video on youtube. Havent tried it, but its on my list should I ever need to.
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Check your state and local pressure washing bmp’s. There’s a really good chance that they don’t recognize any chems as biodegradable or safe for the bay, no matter what the bottle says.
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That is a high dollar job. You will have to tarp off everything, with vacuum suctioning, etc. I dealt with this in one of my restaurants in a former life. Drain from dumpster went into a drainage ditch. The city claimed it to be a natural water way and as such as spent over $5,000 to have it cleaned up as an “EPA Environmental Hazard”.
You have been warned by others. Be very careful. You may considering in the words of IBS - WALK
Texas doesnt recognize anything as good enough to introduce into storm drains or bodies of water.
Same with GA.
