Bund Water Control Unit
• Reduce your waste management costs.
• Reduce the risk of expensive fines and clean up costs.
• Provide a safe and dry working environment
• Improve your environmental corporate image
What is a 'bund'?
A bund is a secondary containment area that is constructed around oil or chemical storage facilities to prevent leaks and spills from polluting watercourses.
What is a 'bund water control unit'?
A Bund Water Control Unit is a low maintenance automatic pumping system, that detects the difference between oil and water and safely pumps the water* out of the bund. The unit can be installed in any type of bund.
Eg. brick, steel, concrete.
*Rainwater containing less than 5mg of oil per litre of water (5 parts per million), which is regarded as safe by The Environment Agency, is discharged into the clean water drainage system.
How does it work?
The pump/probe assembly, made from robust non-deteriorating materials, is placed in the sump of the bund. The probe sensors monitor the sump liquids for the presence of water or oil at site/sump specific levels. The control, switches the water pump on and off at the appropriate levels.
High water and excess oil levels in the sump, and power failure, are indicated by LED signals on the control which may be extended as alarms if linked to the site telemetry system.
How can a bund water control unit help you?
Fewer visits by your waste management company will be required because only the oil (and no water) will need to be removed resulting in significantly reduced waste management costs. The unit will provide a safe and dry working environment for your site maintenance staff and is a positive action for protecting the environment, which will contribute to receiving and maintaining ISO 14001 accreditation (showing best environmental practice).
Control Panel (shown installed on bund wall) can be sited at other locations eg. site office.
Features (Failsafe)
Bunds need to be watertight to be effective and therefore bunded areas collect rainwater, which becomes polluted by the normal day-to-day drips from the storage facility. The polluted rainwater must be removed in an environmentally safe manner so that the bund retains its full capacity to contain a major spill from the storage facility, and avoid an oil pollution incident.
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For further technical information on this product and to view installation and dimensions, please see our PDF below:
- Download PDF: Bund Water Control Unit Brochure
- Download PDF: Bund Water Control Unit Instruction Manual