Washing your car yourself? Think twice before you break out the bucket, brushes, sponges, rags, shampoo and wax to give your car an old-fashioned scrub in the driveway. When you clean the grime off your car you are sending it along with cleaning chemicals and detergents into your neighbourhood storm sewer. The run-off flows into storm water ponds, creeks, streams, rivers, lakes and groundwater, untreated.

Our waste water collection system ensures detergents and solvents do not go into the storm sewer system. Dirty, soapy water passes through a waste water separator that captures oils, grease, chemicals and solids. The left-over water goes into sanitation sewers that flow, like the ones in your home, to a city facility where it will be safely treated. 

Did you know?

• At-home washing can use up to 100 gallons of water per wash, resulting in a higher water bill and a heftier sewer surcharge.
• Auto Spa Self-Serve Car Washes use pressurized water which means less water to achieve a superior level of clean.
• Selecting the Pre-Soak option is another smart choice. Special cleaning agents loosen dirt and grime, maximizing the efficiency of the Soap and Rinse cycles.
• A Touchless Car Wash, like the system available at Auto Spa’s Adelaide and Central location only, uses just 15 to 35 gallons of water per wash.

When you take your car to an Auto Spa Self-Serve Car Wash, you are using car wash equipment that is carefully designed to use as little water as possible, typically about a quarter of the amount used in a driveway wash.