1. You must stop cleaning your equipment.
2. You may have to pay a fine up to $25,000 per day for minor violations.
3. You are listed as a violator on the EPA computer, which is monitored by Environmental Activist Groups.
4. Your company looks bad in the eyes of your employees and the community.
5. From then on, your company will be closely inspected by the EPA, which could result in an expensive mandatory clean-up.
6. Your company could be the subject of adverse media attention.
7. You could be contaminating your property, which could negatively affect value or future sale.
8. Your company could face a civil suit filed by citizens or activists.
9. 1990 legislation has changed criminal violations from misdemeanors to felonies.
10. Like the saying goes, "pay me know or pay me later."

2. Why will the run-off from a simple truck or heavy vehicle cleaning operation pollute my property and ground water?

Oil, grease, fuels, and paint contain hazardous materials such as benzene, lead, chromium, arsenic, pesticides, herbicides, nitrates, etc.   Over months of cleaning these hazardous materials build up to a dangerous and illegal volume.  In addition, it is illegal to discharge oils, detergents, degreasers, pesticides, etc. to the ground.  Eventually these contaminants permeate through this soil and pollute our ground and drinking waters.

3. How does the customer determine what his individual waste treatment needs are?

Since RGF specializes  in wastewater management, we are experienced in making the process fast and simple for the customer.  We maintain a fully equipped testing laboratory to determine what contaminants are present in the customer's water.  These tests are provided free of charge.  Once the pollutants and a few other key facts have been identified.  RGF can help the customer choose the proper system for his needs.  RGF will also work with the customer after the unit has been installed in order to handle any changes in his waste treatment needs. We pride ourselves on gaining and maintaining the satisfaction and respect of our customers. RGF has been awarded the INC. Magazine Customer Service Award.  RGF also offers free analysis of your water for as long as you own our systems to ensure treatment and safety is as effective as possible.

4. How does RGF assure all the contaminants are removed from the waste stream?

We utilize only technologies rated by the EPA as Best Available Technology or (BAT).  Then we borrowed a philosophy from the Aerospace and Nuclear Industries redundant systems, each system has a backup. Then we did them one better.  We have a minimum of triple redundancy.  For each contaminant, we use at least three BAT's to remove it!  For example: if the waste stream contains benzene, we would use aeration, ozone, hydrocarbon absorption foam, catalytic oxidation, carbon, and activated carbon, as many as five redundant technologies.

5. Who has RGF sold Oil Water Separators and Sewer Discharge Systems to, and how many are currently in service?

RGF has sold over 12,000 systems all over the world.  Our clients include numerous fortune 500 companies, major trucking firms, national waste haulers, heavy equipment companies, oil companies, state and local government utilities, U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Nuclear Plants, and NASA to mention only a few.  Many of these companies have conducted lab and field tests, in some cases using and independent agency to evaluate the system. We are proud to say we have never failed an evaluation.

1. Construction of a tank large enough to contain your run-off and the required secondary containment is expensive; a 10,000 gallon tank will cost approximately $10,000.
2. Such a system would probably require you to obtain permits, which can be a difficult process.
3. Regular inspection of the tank and monitoring wells will be necessary. In addition, the tank will have to be a double containment vessel.
4. It is becoming increasingly difficult to find waste treatment plants that will accept water contaminated with oil and grease.
5. There will be a continual shipping expense of as much as $2 per gallon and rapidly rising.

7. Can The RGF System be modified to handle other contamination problems?

Yes. We can add a flocculation unit with coagulation/flocculation chemicals to remove heavy metals by sedimentation. We can also add a pH control system to adjust water pH for contaminant removal (acid cracking) or to meet pH discharge requirements. There is also a "RGF Aeration Tower" Unit for separation of volatile solvents.

8. How does a sewer treatment plant know what I discharge and why do they care?

Sewer treatment plants, in most cases, are designed to treat human waste. Petroleum, hydrocarbons, heavy metals and other hazardous materials destroy the natural balance of the plant. Therefore, the government has developed their own "point source" program, which requires each business to clean-up there own waste steam to meet EPA or local discharge requirements. Recently, EPA has required 1,500 publicly owned treatment plants to perform a yearly inspection of all industrial discharge to assure compliance. Also, many treatment plants have remote monitoring programs, which can isolate problem industries. The federal EPA monitors the sewer treatment plant discharges.

9. I am on municipal sewer and I've been told all I need is an oil/water separator and I can discharge - isn't that true?

Oil water separators can separate free oils from water.  They do not work on soluble petroleum, hydrocarbons, emulsified oils, heavy metals, or most other hazardous materials.  Therefore, discharge of soapy wash water through an oil water separator will do little, if anything.  We have developed our SD (sewer discharge) unit to help with this problem.  It has the ability to filter solids, remove heavy metal, and many other hazardous materials. The SD System has 12 proven technologies to treat your waste stream.  In addition, oil water separators are typically in the ground and therefore subject to underground tank rules.  The SD System offers molded color impregnated UV protected polyethylene tanks and are installed above ground.

• Water treatment plants, industrial as well as municipal reverse osmosis plants
• Wastewater treatment plants, major industrial as well as municipal and large, state-of-the-art municipal recycling treatment plants
• Environmental engineering - field, lab analysis and system development
• Nuclear rad-waste treatment facilities
• Chemical development of detergents, germicides, algaecides, floccing agents, and disinfectants
• Development of reverse osmosis and ozone systems for government and industry
• Nuclear fabrication and quality control
• Mechanical, civil, manufacturing and construction engineering
• International water treatment and environmental training
• Oil field, marine, petrochemical, steel, mining, and utilities field experience

12. How long has RGF been in business?

RGF was incorporated in July 1985 for the purpose of designing, developing, and manufacturing water recycling systems.  Its principles have been in the wastewater, environmental, chemical, engineering, and fabrication businesses an average of 21 years.

15. To sum it up, why should I buy a RGF OWS or SD System?

* If you are pressure cleaning and discharging to ground, you will have to buy an environmental system.
* RGF is the leader of the industry with numerous patents, continuous research and development, and a continuous upgrading program.  You will own the best.
* We have a national network of over 200 trained distributors to service your unit. We have a proven track record with over 12,000 systems installed.
* We have been approved and endorsed by Federal and State Agencies, international companies and many fortune 500 companies.
* We are a group of professionals with common sense solutions to environmental problems.
* We don't just sell a product, we provide you with the total time proven program.
* We are a total service company from planning to operation.  We stand behind our product, in many cases beyond warranty.  This is not just a promise, we have a history of service and references to back it up.