Swedish EPA fact sheet on oil separators

This factsheet is about oil separators. Oil separators are found at many businesses. The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has compiled facts about the design and maintenance of oil separators and tips on how the supervisory authority can
support the operator in improving self-monitoring of the oil separator.
This fact sheet is part of a series, which you can download as a pdf

Content 3
Introduction 4
Trade associations 4
Technology description 5
Liquids that can be separated 5
Different types of oil separators 6
Sizing of oil separators 6
Alternative technologies for oil separation 7
Finding the oil separator 8
Laws and regulations 9
Environmental Code 9
The Public Water Services Act (2006:412) 9
Regulations and standards 9
Environmental impact 10
Waste 10
Measures and self-monitoring 11
General self-checking 11
Procedures for the oil separator 11
Operational incidents and measures 13
Supervision 16
Examples of precautionary measures and injunctions 17
Abbreviations and terms 18
Literature and links 19
Literature 19
Web addresses 19

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