Hospital saves using WYKO filter solution

Having the contaminated water removed by tankers could cost up to £150 a week in wet weather until WYKO introduced a new filtering solution. Had the water overflowed, the hospital would also have been faced with fines for non-compliance under tighter new regulations that require water with any potential oil contaminants not to be discharged into drains.

A new filtration system was designed using Mycelx filter elements from specialist company Oil Remediation Technology. Supplied and installed by WYKO the filter system complies with the new regulations and costs just £40 per month for replacement filter elements. Used elements can be disposed of safely and recycled, saving the hospital up to £600 each month – and potentially thousands of pounds a year.

Mycelx filters were developed specifically for removing oil waste from water streams. The filtration unit supplied to Torbay Hospital was designed to remove oil bund water, which contains silts as well as oil residues. The existing sump pump, rated at 5 litres per minute made it suitable to filter through a Mycelx 21⁄2 x 10” cartridge. A 21⁄2 x 10” x 5 micron polypropylene filter cartridge was placed in front of the Mycelx cartridge to remove sediments and protect the Mycelx cartridge. The filter cartridges and housings were contained in an insulated GRP weatherproof cabinet.