{"id":21544,"date":"2022-09-01T10:51:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/?p=21544"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:21:02","slug":"how-often-does-an-oil-and-water-separator-need-cleaning-and-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/nz\/how-often-does-an-oil-and-water-separator-need-cleaning-and-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"How Often Does An Oil And Water Separator Need Cleaning (And Maintenance)?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21544\" class=\"elementor elementor-21544\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af84b28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4af84b28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44f4a9ba\" data-id=\"44f4a9ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e13951e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e13951e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It depends on the unit\u2019s size and how much incoming water flow it handles, but all <a href=\"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/spillceptor\/\">full retention oil and water separators<\/a> need to be maintained regularly for optimal performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc83f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcc83f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the case of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/spillceptor\/\">Spillceptor<\/a>, cleaning is triggered once an unacceptable level of oil and sediment accumulates in the first chamber of the unit. The trigger level can vary from site to site however operation of the Spillceptor would be unaffected with 100mm of oil and 200mm of silt in the first chamber.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c0d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36c0d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe risks of not maintaining a separator unit include underperformance and hydrocarbon contaminants being discharged into the surrounding environment. The knock-on effect is that sites cannot meet their environment and compliance obligations.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It depends on the unit\u2019s size and how much incoming water flow it handles, but all full retention oil and water separators need to be maintained regularly for optimal performance. In the case of a\u00a0Spillceptor, cleaning is triggered once an unacceptable level of oil and sediment accumulates in the first chamber of the unit. 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