>Could the murky water left over from the production of biodiesel be >distilled? If it could it would at least reduce the volume to contend with. > >George
At what energy cost? Bathwater is murky, laundry wash is murky, kitchen waste-water's murky, toilet water's rather more than murky, there's nothing about biodiesel wash to challenge a water treatment works. It's innocuous. It's a molehill, like I said, we don't need an Everest expedition. As Paddy says, there's already a huge (and long-standing) problem with UK water, but it's caused by "all kinds of crap", including real crap, not by "murky water". It might be a genuine concern to him if he's planning on setting up a more or less large-scale commercial production, but I'd guess that many (most?) other manufacturing processes would just love to have his problem instead, and for the rest of us fuelling one or a few vehicles a week, it's no problem at all. I think a commercial bd plant should have little problem pre-treating washwater before releasing it if it's going to be an issue. Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Kieth, thanks for your encouragement and comments on possible biodisel > > pollution. I have it on good authority that the UK environment agency > > require a 'bribe' of approx $USD 30,000 to analyse possible pollution. If > > biodiesel plant dischaeges mirky water into the water system here without > > authority big fines are payable, whether it's biodegradable or not. The UK > > is a very polluted place and, being a small island, nowhere is far from the > > coast. Personally I don't blame the authorities for taking a tough stance. > > If a biodiesel factory was discharging mirky water on my favorite beach I > > would not be happy, being a keen windsurfer. There's already a >huge sewerage > > problem all round the coast and most rivers are already full of >all kinds of > > crap. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
