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News Release from: Condensate Systems | Subject: Sepura condensate cleaners
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2008
Do not dump air compressor condensate
Condesate cleaner maker warns that compressed air users who dump unfiltered condensate from any type of compressor are committing an offence.
Condensate Systems has warned that compressed air users who dump unfiltered condensate from any type of compressor are committing an offence The offence potentially carries a custodial sentence for the responsible person
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The manufacturer of Sepura condensate cleaners, Condensate Systems, added that condensate cannot be dumped onto the ground.
Oil levels must be below the legal limit before it can be disposed of, according to current environmental legislation.
Clear evidence that many compressor users still flout the law to save cost inspired the company to develop Sepura.
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"Our aim was to put the risk of prosecution into sharp contrast by markedly reducing the cost of compliance", said director Richard Turner.
He continued: "While designing for affordability, we also took the chance to make this a clean system, with no standing water or bacterial problems that have been associated with weir-type separators".
The legislation governing the issue is not new.
The UK Water Resources Act 1991 deals with the discharge of effluents into controlled waters and EPA 1990 prohibits the disposal of compressor condensate to the ground or into the air.
Penalties range up to GBP 20,000 and a 2-year jail term.
While local authorities determine the permitted limits for contaminants in condensate waste, the nominal national standard is 20ppm.
A Sepura separator will ensure that properly-maintained compressor equipment easily complies, at a much lower level of around 5ppm.
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