Message Board - Golf: washwater systems
12 Jun 2007 by niglem
Can anybody give me any guidance on these wash water systems. has anybody got a system that they can tell me about?
13 Jun 2007 by turfjack
We have a biological system from ESD, I believe it (or something simliar) is available in the UK. I did quite a bit of research before purchasing and am happy with my decision.
The other one I mainly looked at was a more chemical approach using charcoal and peroxide to clean the water. It seemed a better approach at cleaning the water but after some research most who had it wished they went the biological route. I know the charcoal deactivates chemicals but I got no answers an how to despose of it once it needed to be changed. The company said we'd need two 55 gallon drums of peroxide a year, others with the system said they use a lot more and it's a pain handling the large drums of peroxide.
I've only had two problem with ours: the first was shortly after we installed it one of my guys shocked the system with mud (washed off a digger, during construction) and filled all the settling tanks and the reactor with mud. (The manufacturer had warned us that a lot of mud was a bad idea and it's really designed for regular golf course operations). One big cleanout later and it was fine.
The second took a while to work out but we had installed a part incorrectly. The 'clean' water tank kept filling from the top up line as soon as we started washing, overfilling the system, turned out the float valve was set too high, setting it half way down the tank fixed it.
Maintenance (now the guys know what they're doing) takes less than 10 minutes a day; Drain silt from the settling tanks, clean silt from the bottom of the sump (stops the float switch from sticking), empty the clippings cart and add 'bugs' once a week. With the regular maintenance, the water at worst the water smells like pond water, I wouldn't drink it but it's fine for washing equipment.
We also connected our chemical room sumps to it so if we have any spills we can turn it on and have the system clean it up. A side part to that also is we can wash stuff inside in the winter if we really need to.
Hope it helps
Alan
Alan FitzGerald, LedgeRock Golf Club
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