Free Car Wash Day at Brown Bear! Commercial Car washes treat waste water!

To show appreciation to their customers Brown Bear will be offering FREE Car Washes Thursday, August 25, 8am to 8pm at All Tunnel Locations

Check out their page at: http://brownbear.com/

Are Car Washes Good For the Environment? Yes.

Few people realize that washing our cars in our driveways is one of the most environmentally un-friendly chores we can do around the house.

Unlike household waste water that enters sewers or septic systems and undergoes treatment before it is discharged into the environment, what runs off from your car goes right into storm drains -- and eventually into rivers, streams, creeks and wetlands where it poisons aquatic life and wreaks other ecosystem havoc.

 If you wash your car in your Driveway, Might as well do this below. Storm Runoff drains don't lead to waste water treatment plants like the water from your home does.

After all, that water is loaded with a witch’s brew of gasoline, oil and residues from exhaust fumes -- as well as the harsh detergents being used for the washing itself.
 
Commercial Car Washes Treat The Waste Water
On the other hand, federal laws in both the U.S. and Canada require commercial carwash facilities to drain their wastewater into sewer systems, so it gets treated before it is discharged back into the great outdoors. And commercial car washes use computer controlled systems and high-pressure nozzles and pumps that minimize water usage. Many also recycle and re-use the rinse water.