Wash Water
Recycling Systems
High-pressure, filterless, and low-maintenance water recycling modules deliver high volumes of recycled wash water for your InterClean wash systems.
Revolutionize Your Wash Processes With a Water Recycling Module
With InterClean’s wash water recycling systems, you can reduce fresh water usage at your wash location and minimize adverse environmental impacts. Recycling wash water significantly decreases the quantity of freshwater needed and disposed of with each wash, saving money and enabling facilities to operate in areas with high water and sewer costs and strict regulations and restrictions. Prioritizing sustainability will conserve water, save money, and reduce energy consumption.
If you’re ready to innovate your wash processes while maintaining efficient and effective wash solutions, commit to InterClean’s EQ100 module.
The EQ100 Water Recycling Module
The EQ100 is InterClean’s innovative, high-pressure, filterless water reclamation module, which can recycle up to 90% of wash water. This module is the heart of InterClean wash systems and has been used for almost all InterClean applications where water recycling can be used, including:
- Mining wash systems
- Wheel wash systems
- Chassis wash systems
InterClean’s unique and patented water recycling system has been installed with wash systems for:
- Ultra-high-volume car and truck fleets
- Military tanks and vehicles
- Trains and aircraft
- Garbage truck and public work fleets
The system is designed for automatic wash water recycling and aeration, eliminating the need for filter changes or manual oversight. By avoiding chemicals and additives, the system reduces environmental impact and prevents unpleasant odors or bacteria in the recycled water, making it effective and eco-friendly even under rigorous usage.
Why Use an InterClean Water Recycling Module
In addition to the advanced technology of InterClean’s EQ100 module, there are numerous additional benefits.
Effortless Install & Operation
At InterClean, we make installing and operating your EQ100 water recycling module as easy as possible. Each new system is pre-plumbed, pre-wired, and mounted on a skid for streamlined installation when it arrives at your facility. The unit’s overall dimensions are designed to be shipped in standard road trailers or high cube, 40-foot ocean freight containers. Once installed, the EQ100 is designed to aerate and recycle water automatically without manual supervision. This method of water recycling provides simple, cost-effective, and reliable use of high volumes of recycled wash water for your wash process.
High Water Output
Each EQ100 module continuously produces up to 300 gallons of recycled water per minute (GPM), so you don’t have to compromise on wash quality. For applications needing more than 300 GPM (1,250 l/m) of recycled water, multiple modules can be used in parallel to meet the demands of heavy-duty vehicle washing. This cost-effective recycling system generates powerful pressurized wash water, effectively removing dirt and mud in ways that other vehicle washing systems cannot match.
Low Maintenance
Our water recycling system stands out from others on the market because it operates passively, eliminating the need for traditional filters that clog and require frequent changes. Other systems need extensive maintenance to clean or replace filters, but InterClean’s system is designed never to clog!
Additionally, the module has an electrical control panel that automatically monitors and enables the system’s internal functions, such as liquid level monitoring, motor control, overloads, and operation adjustments. The main control panel also allows a modem hook-up for remote control and troubleshooting.
Improve Wash Sustainability
Since 1984, InterClean has prioritized sustainable design. Our EQ100 module cuts down on freshwater usage by recycling up to 100% of wash water, removing suspended solids and particles, and minimizing hydrocarbon discharge into the waste stream. This filtration system delivers top-quality recycled water, allowing you to maintain high standards of cleanliness while supporting environmental sustainability for your fleet.
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1 (800) 468-3725Frequently Asked Questions
The EQ100 module allows used wash water to be cleaned and reused for future washes. During the wash process, water and dirt flow off the vehicle and gravity flow into a drain trench within the wash bay. From there, the water drains into a concrete pit system below ground. The first part of this pit, known as the Settling Pit, allows heavier debris and sediments to settle. As the water moves through subsequent sections, it becomes progressively cleaner, with the clearest water collecting in the Pickup Pit. This water is pumped through the EQ100 reclamation module, treated, and stored in a holding tank for future wash applications.
All of InterClean’s wash systems are compatible with the EQ100 to support environmental sustainability. This patented water recycling technology has been integrated into numerous wash systems, including those designed for high-volume car fleets, military tanks, trains, and heavy equipment.
During each wash cycle, the used water flows by gravity into a drain trench and the pit system, where it is stored for recycling and reuse in future washes.
Any vehicle wash uses large amounts of water, which requires sewers to help dispose of it after use. The EQ100 module makes it possible to recycle this water instead. It uses a 500-gallon cone-bottomed tank that holds the water reclaimed from the Pickup Pit until it is needed for the high-pressure sections of the wash process.
Every gallon of wash water you reclaim and reuse is a gallon you do not pay for on your next water bill. Each time you cycle through a full tank of reclaimed water, you’ve saved the cost of 500 gallons. Likewise, reusing the wash water instead of flushing it away will save you money on your sewer bill.
Never. The Water Recycle Equipment developed and patented by InterClean Equipment is unique from all other reclaim systems because it is a passive system. This means it does not rely on multiple mechanical filters prone to clogging.
The InterClean system was designed to work without traditional filters and instead is based on gravity separation and passive, nonmechanical primary treatment techniques. This settling time has been achieved by designing the size of the settling pit to be able to accommodate all of the process wash water and allow for a designed retention time. The pit is also baffled near the suction end (clean end) to isolate settled particles further and capture floating oils and debris.
The settling pit is the only component that needs to be cleaned out periodically. Typical reclaiming systems purify dirty water through multiple screens, meshes, sand, gravel, and carbon. Nearly all of these filters trap dirt inside, and the trapped dirt needs to be removed by either backwashing, changing filters, or other means—all high-maintenance items. InterClean EQ100 recycling tanks will never need to be flushed out of the accumulated dirt buildup.
No. A constant exchange of water between the clean and dirty ends of the pit keeps aerated water moving throughout the system. This guarantees that the captured water in the InterClean system does not develop any objectionable odors usually associated with recycling systems.
The odors within recycled water are caused by a lack of oxygen and the bacteria going anaerobic. The circulation pump keeps the discharge from this pump constantly flowing, oxygenating the recycled wash water. This discourages the growth of anaerobic bacteria, thus preventing the odors. As bacteria do not thrive in highly alkaline or acidic conditions, wash water that is constantly recirculated and aerated throughout the system is monitored by pH probes and neutralized as needed.
InterClean’s recycling system also can add enzymes, bacteria, and nutrients to the recycled water. This Enhanced Biological Water Treatment System has greatly reduced oils, greases, and other organic contaminants and waste loading in recycled water. This procedure is the same as many municipal wastewater treatment plants utilize. It also addresses a major issue in meeting regulations for discharge to a sanitary sewer.
