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Hello hive mind! Working on a constructon site abroad, we have a container of add-blue for vehicles on site. Container is placed on an open bund that has been collecting rainwater over the winter. There's no evidence of contamination in the rainwater though of course this can't be guaranteed. What are peoples opinions on safe emptying and disposal of the rainwater that has collected in the bund? As always advice is much appreciated and apologies for not already knowing - I havd covid over christmas and ever since my brain has been working at 50% capacity.
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Originally Posted by: L.Gorman  Working on a constructon site abroad, we have a container of add-blue for vehicles on site. Container is placed on an open bund that has been collecting rainwater over the winter. There's no evidence of contamination in the rainwater though of course this can't be guaranteed.
Different countries - different rules (even different counties fo the GB = different rules). It depends upon local control regulations for groundwaters, rivers & canals and sewage treatment works. You really need local guidance from the local regulator / sewarage provider - some may actually require specialist disposal to protect local groundwater drinking supplies.
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Originally Posted by: L.Gorman Working on a constructon site abroad, we have a container of add-blue for vehicles on site. Container is placed on an open bund that has been collecting rainwater over the winter. There's no evidence of contamination in the rainwater though of course this can't be guaranteed.
Different countries - different rules (even different counties fo the GB = different rules). It depends upon local control regulations for groundwaters, rivers & canals and sewage treatment works. You really need local guidance from the local regulator / sewarage provider - some may actually require specialist disposal to protect local groundwater drinking supplies.
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All water within a hazardous waste compound bunded area is classified as hazardous, run off from drums IBC'S etc, that's why its always a good idea to have a hazardous waste compound enclosed. As you can't confirm that this water isn't contaminated my suggestion would be to transfer the water to a suitable container i.e drum or IBC and arrange for it to be collected by a registered waste carrier.
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Originally Posted by: Jonathan Bright All water within a hazardous waste compound bunded area is classified as hazardous, run off from drums IBC'S etc, that's why its always a good idea to have a hazardous waste compound enclosed.
Wasn't the question regarding rain water in the bunded storage of construction materials?
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Originally Posted by: Jonathan Bright All water within a hazardous waste compound bunded area is classified as hazardous, run off from drums IBC'S etc, that's why its always a good idea to have a hazardous waste compound enclosed.
Wasn't the question regarding rain water in the bunded storage of construction materials?
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AdBlue is something you add to the exhaust of a diesel engine where it removes NOx (Nitrogen oxides) SDS. It is basically a 35% solution of urea with a bit of blue dye added. You should get an SDS with it. This states that it is not particularly hazardous but it is definitely classed as controlled waste and you should not pour it down the drains for example. As to your bund it might be possible to measure how much urea you have in the bund but that won’t really tell you much as there is not clear cut of level for contamination. It will probably be cheaper to simply treat it all as contaminated water and then fit some sort of cover over the store. After all, the bund is intended to capture a spill not rain water.
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Couldn't you measure the pH to get an idea of whether it is contaminated?
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Get rid of waste water as contaminated waste then cover the bund to stop it occurring again and no water goes into bund otherwise will always have this issue
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