Can we make a system at a modern carwash, which captures all runoff from the rain, washing of cars and even the drippings from the car while drying and then recycle and reuse it all? You know this is a decent question and there are systems being made in South Korea, which are supposedly totally closed loop systems. In other words once they are filled they never need to hook up to city water supplies. Once in a while the need to be cleaned out and recharged but for the most part are totally self-contained. Paula Chavis has said what if we recycle and reuse all the water. Well that would mean all the rainwater from storms on the property too right? Well can we do it? You know I think we could make one and in the world today with billions of people and scarcity of water in so many regions of the world, sure we could do this. Even makes sense for steam cleaning sidewalks in China after this hellacious dust storm in Beijing. Yes we could make a system, remove the sand which was just dirt, let some bugs tunnel thru it and eat the bad stuff, end up with potting soil rich in nutrients and re-use the filtered RO non-spot water to wash the cars. In fact such systems already exist. But taking it one step further and using all the water including the rainwater, well that is adds a whole new dimension to the proposition and that would truly be revolutionary in the car wash industry. I really think it is indeed possible. Cannot say if anyone is smart enough to have made a sellable system which would allow this, but have talked with mobile washing equipment manufacturers all over the world who already have the systems which could be used for this purpose including Doug Latimer of Latimat in Canada. You know it is truly amazing that a sharp Business Student writing a paper for a marketing class in Business Management, could come up with such a brilliant idea. You know that just proves that some people can really think outside the box and leave the flickering lights on the cave wall to come up with the next great innovation for industry. So consider all this in 2006. |
