No need for name calling and libelous comments even if you disagree with an opinion or fact.
As to washing cars at home, I wash with a bio degradable soap and a nozzle with shutoff because I hate risking my paint with commercial places that use high pressure water spray and scratchy brushes and mops. Good risk that the spray will embed dirt and the brush/mops may have picked up dirt, rock or other debris that can scratch.
CW - a serious and honest question you may be an authority on (assume you work in a waterways related occupation): Is this acceptable or is the few gallons of water from the car and driveway still harmful with a consideration that the next rain will wash that same driveway down the drain?
Great question, and I just learned something new by doing a little research (
http://www.flowstoba...a_faq.php#ask13 ) :
Why shouldn't I wash my car at home, I use biodegradable soap?
When washing cars, the water runoff can enter the storm drains. This puts pollutants such as grease, dirt, oil, metals and soap to our local creeks. Even biodegradable soaps require oxygen to breakdown, depleting our creek of the oxygen fish and other organisms need to survive. Also, just because the soap breaks down, doesn't mean it breaks down into components that should be in the water. It is best to take your car to a car wash where the water is discharged to the sanitary sewer system or wash your car on a lawn or other surface where the water can be drained down and filtered through the soil.
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