Introducing
RhinoCeptor™ Water Oil Separator.
Prevents contamination to the drainage system.
Meets Statutory Control Regulations
Flow Rate up to 500 L per Second and Higher
Custom Manufactured Tanks on Request
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Pollution prevention is a critical part of sustainable drainage systems and oil water separators are designed to protect the environment and prevent the pollution of our rivers and streams, by containing hydrocarbons (e.g., diesel, petrol, or engine oil) that have entered a drainage system.
Statutory regulations are now in force to control the discharge of hydrocarbons, with severe penalties imposed for non-compliance. The EA’s PPG3 guidelines details the regulatory requirements required to fully comply with the current legislation on environmental protection.
What is an Oil Water Separator?
An oil water separator system is designed to prevent oil, grease, and other hydrocarbons from infiltrating the drainage system. As the name suggests, they separate oil from water — retaining the oil safely until it is removed. As oil cannot be easily treated, it will cause intense pollution if it enters drainage fields or main sewers.
Statutory controls enforce strict regulation on this type of pollutant discharge, making oil and water separators crucial in applications such as industrial yards, petrol stations, construction sites, marine operations — virtually any place that is at risk of oil contamination.
When do I need an Oil Water Separator?
For many businesses in the UK and Ireland, an oil water separator is a crucial part of complying with local water authority regulations. If your business does not comply with local regulations, you may have to pay hefty fines, or your operations will be suspended until you become compliant.
You may need to install an oil separator (interceptor) or other device to remove oil from water that drains off hard surfaces. Typically a separator is needed for any site with a risk of oil contamination or if you produce wastewater during normal operations, discharge that wastewater into public drainage systems or you must achieve water authority compliance.
Typical Installation Sites and Scenarios
The type and class of separator you need will depend on the activity and where the discharge is directed to. Oil separators do not work if they are incorrectly sized, not maintained or there’s detergent in the water, for example, from car washing. Use an alternative method such as a sealed treatment system, sustainable drainage system or waste removal service if necessary. Oil water separators have to be maintained and any trapped oil or sediment has to be disposed via a suitably permitted facility. If your site has hard surfaces that will have oil or fuel contaminating the water run-off, you will need to install a separator.
Petrol station and Forecourts
garage workshop / scrap yard
power station / substation
Car and Coach Parking Facilities
waste transfer depots and Facilities
refuelling facilities, commercial and industrial
RhinoCeptor – Forecourt
They are designed to retain an entire fuel spill, up to the predicted maximum capacity of an on-site spill (usually the volume of a compartment of a fuel delivery tanker, or 7600 litres).
RhinoCeptor – Full Retention
Flows created by rainfall rates of up to 65mm/hr are fully treated by full retention separators. Full retention separators are used where it is deemed that the danger of a significant spillage is “high” therefore allowing “lower flows” to pass without treatment poses a foreseeable risk to the environment. For example, where there is a constant risk of oil leakage and a foreseeable risk of major spillages, such as in vehicle repair areas.
Full Retention Separators are sized on the drainage area in m2
RhinoCeptor – Bypass
Flows created by rainfall rates of up to 6.5mm/hr are fully treated by bypass separators. Bypass separators are used where it is deemed that the danger of a significant spillage is “low” therefore allowing “higher flows” to pass without foreseeable risk to the environment. example: Storm runoff from short stay parking.
Bypass Separators are sized on the drainage area in m2
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SuDS Enviro Ltd RhinoCeptors are designed to separate light liquid pollutants from contaminated wastewater, Full Retention and Bypass Class 1 & 2 Oil Water Separators conform to both the Environmental Agency’s latest PPG3 guidelines and European standard BSEN-858-1-2002 and are proven to effectively separate oil and water.