Due to the drought issues which persist still in many states we are seeing the emergence of a new type of car wash in America; one which is indeed quite healthy for the environment. Some car washes are now recycling 90-95% of their wash water, yes that means the water is used over and over and the filters are getting clogged. The POTWs; Publicly Owned Treatment Works must accept high concentrated wastewater once the reclaim tanks are dumped. The smell this creates is also a big deal. In a full service carwash, which there are about 20,000 in the US they will have problems with these nearly 100% reclaim systems.

Coin-ops use 7 gallons of water there are 30,000 of these, recycling can be tough because you never know what kind of manure someone will clean off their vehicles. The Industry sector even has an email picture floating around where someone is using the coin-op spray gun at a self serve car wash to wash a cow in the bay. Gas Stations often have car washes too; there are 30,000 with roll over car washes in the United States alone. These issues will determine the future of the industry and they installation of such systems as water issues become more critical. The car wash industry