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Clean Marine Solutions has been working for ten years to help boatyards and marinas bring their boat-washing operations into environmental compliance. Too many boatyards still allow toxic metals to flow directly into waterways. A compliance officer takes boat-wash...
Can a poly filter remove copper and other metals?
Some of our competitors brag that their wastewater treatment systems have 20-micron polypropylene filters to remove toxic heavy metals. This filter can catch paint residue and particulate. But a 20-micron filter cannot come even close to filtering out metal...
UltraTech Wastewater Containment Berms
. Clean Marine Solutions will help you find the containment berm that best fits your needs at the best price.
The VANISH System Treatment Process in Action
This video shows a sample of wastewater taken from the VANISH Treatment Tank immediately after the flocculation polymers have been injected and stirred. In the video the settling process has begun....
Toxic Wastewater is Killing Oysters
Wastewater generated from washing boats, heavy equipment, aircraft and many other industrial sources typically has very high levels of toxic metals. This wastewater has a very detrimental effect on marine ecosystems. Toxic wastewater from industry kills oysters....
Environmental Watchdog Lawsuits
State and local compliance officers may look the other way when it comes to violations of the Clean Water Act. Officers are often stuck between a rock and a hard place. If they do their job, the legislators who fund them often threaten to slash agency funding....
Journal of Chemistry on the detrimental effects of metals
Transfer of heavy metals from freshwater fish to humans in the human food chain. (Figure 4) The link below will take you to a 2019 Journal of Chemistry article about the very detrimental effects of heavy metals on our marine Eco-system from mollusks to fish and marine...
Why Your Facility Should Go Green Now
Protect Your Property Value Most lending institutions are requiring environmental audits for boatyard and marina financing. Just like a termite inspection on a home, banks want to ensure that a property has a clean bill of health and will not incur very high...