Separator Water DisposalCollect and Empty Separator Water
Use a 5-gallon
bucket with a hole cut in
the lid to fit the hose from
the dry cleaning machine.
Check every week to make
sure the bucket doesn't
overflow.
Use secondary contain-
ment to catch spills.
Open the doors and
windows and make sure
your shop gets lots of fresh
air when you pour the
separator water into the
waste drum.
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Wear coveralls or an
apron and disposable nitrile
gloves to keep the separator
water off your skin.
Wear safety goggles to
protect your eyes.
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separator water into the waste
drum, clean up separator water
spills with paper towel and put
them in the waste drum. After
you seal the waste drum, put
your used gloves into the gar-
bage.
— PERC causes cancer!
— Do NOT breathe vapors!
— Do NOT get it on your skin!
Keep PERC out of our air and water!
PERC can move through concrete and soil to contaminate our
drinking water supply.
A PERC cleanup can cost $100,000 to $1,000,000 on average.
Landlords want you to follow best management practices to
avoid costly spills and contamination.
Save your RECEIPTS for evidence that you managed your PERC
waste properly.
Ecology Publication 20-04-023, revised July 2021.
Republished with permission from the Interagency Resource for Achieving Cooperation (IRAQ
and the Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County (Haz Waste Program).
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Hazardous waste
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Dispose of Separator Water
SEPARATOR WATER MUST BE DISPOSED OF AS
A DANGEROUS WASTE.
NEVER evaporate or mist
water!
NEVER pour it down a toil
sink!
NEVER add it to a cooling
tower or a water system!
0 NEVER pour it on the
ground!
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Store the container indoors
Label the container: or under a covered and
"TOXIC WASTE" and secured area with secondary
the date you started containment. NEVER store in
filling it. an alley or parking lot.
Store the waste in a sealed
roxu: a �srr PERC-resistant container.
Waste 0-9/1 /J" Do not fill it to the top,
RECEIPT leave about 4 inches.
Always get a receipt
Tell the disposal facility
from the waste vendor
to send you a signed
for PROOF that you
Hazardous Waste
disposed of it properly.
Manifest to make sure and
PROVE that they received your waste.
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If you need help:
Leak detectors and log books, perch loroethylene registration
and permits:
Washington clean air agencies, ecology.wa.gov/cleanairagencies
Dangerous waste: Washington State Department of Ecology:
Central Regional Office, 509-575-2490
Eastern Regional Office, 509-329-3400
Northwest Regional Office, 206-594-0000
Southwest Regional Office, 360-407-6300
Safety - choosing the best glasses to protect your eyes, gloves
and coveralls to protect your skin, or if someone gets hurt:
Washington State Department of Labor and Industries,
1-800-423-7233
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information and services by meeting or exceeding the requirements of the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Washington State
Policy #188.
To request an ADA accommodation, contact Ecology by phone at 360-407-6700 or email at
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