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Water / Oil Separation

Stage 02 · Recover the oil, drop the contamination

Free-floating oils, fuels and greases are lifted off the water and recovered — before they can foul filtration or biological stages.

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The Technology

Wash-water from shops, fleets and equipment is loaded with free and mechanically-dispersed oils. WaterMaze oil/water separators use gravity and coalescing media to bring those oils together into droplets large enough to float, then skim them off the surface.

The recovered oil can be collected for recycling — even burned for free heat in an EnergyLogic waste oil heater — while the clarified water continues on with only a fraction of its original oil content.

What This Stage Handles

  • Free oils
  • Fuels
  • Greases
  • Floating hydrocarbons
How It Works

Inside the water / oil separation stage

1

Gravity Separation

Slowed flow gives lighter-than-water oils time to rise to the surface.

2

Coalescing Media

Oleophilic plate packs merge tiny droplets into larger ones that separate far faster.

3

Skimming

Surface oil is continuously skimmed off to a dedicated collection tank.

Oil/Water Separators & Clarifiers

Oil water separator & clarifier systems

Free oil/water separators allow oil to float to the surface to be skimmed off and water to be pulled off separately below. Removing free oil is critical for discharging waste streams to a city sewer and as pre-treatment to bio-remediation systems — WaterMaze offers multiple options based on the type and amount of oil that needs to be separated.

3 Products
SeparatorAlpha-1500D Above-Ground Oil/Water Separator

Alpha-1500D Above-Ground Separator

The Alpha is a highly effective above-ground oil/water separator that treats and discharges collected wash water to meet local and federal sewer sanitation regulations.

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ClarifierCLT-600 Modular Clarifier System Base

CLT-600 Modular Clarifier System Base

The CLT-600 clarifier system can be applied as a pre-treatment, post-treatment or stand-alone treatment system. It features a 600-gallon tank with lid and manual purge at the bottom.

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ClarifierCLT-300 Modular Clarifier System Base

CLT-300 Modular Clarifier System Base

The CLT-300 clarifier system can be applied as a pre-treatment, post-treatment or stand-alone treatment system. It features a 300-gallon tank with lid and manual purge at the bottom.

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The WaterMaze Process

Where this fits in the system

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