Car wash station at Goldfields Ghana Limited, Tarkwa
I took a trip to Gold Fields Ghana Limited, a mining company in Tarkwa to study how their water recycling system for car washing station works. The system uses a series of chambers to remove grit and oil before it is pumped for reuse. Their method of oil separation is very simple and has provided me useful insight to design my system. Indeed, the five-hour journey from Kumasi to Tarkwa was really worth it!
Nice to see the pics and read about your field visit! You write that it is a simple system, is it also simple with the kind of materials they use? I mean, when you can use local material it saves you money for your design as well. How many cars do they wash there in Tarkwa and how many times, a day, a week? Greetings, Willemijn