Credit option for machinery wash system launched

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The company that bought the ClearWater wash system is launching credit options for golf clubs for the first time.

Acumen Waste Services, which bought the brand from Highspeed earlier this year, said golf clubs will be able to spread payments and can order immediately, meaning they can meet their legal responsibilities of pollution prevention.

“This will be great news to those striving to improve their wash-off facility and stay legal but have been unable to fund the total cost immediately,” said spokesman David Mears.

“Legislation states that you are breaking the law by washing hydrocarbons [oils, grease, petrol, diesel and so on] into the ground, leaving yourselves and the business open to prosecution or civil sanctions. All these substances are classed as hazardous substances and it is an offence to cause or knowingly permit discharge of such pollutants into the groundwater.”

The offer from ClearWater is three-pronged:

1. A competitively priced full biological wash-off water recycling system,
2. A cost saving ‘self-install’ option with ClearWater carrying out commissioning; usually saving £2,000 to £3,000 on total costs,
3. The offer of credit options, helping make compliance that much easier.

“Recent orders have seen more choosing self-install, around 65 per cent, carrying out the civil work themselves, to reduce project costs dramatically. This has enabled a number of golf clubs and others in turf maintenance to act sooner than was thought possible,” he added.

“With the credit options now in ClearWater’s armoury, they certainly have ticked all the boxes; enabling you to stay on the right side of the law sooner rather than later!

“There’s another bonus for many too: ClearWater is a Water Technology List (WTL) approved system and, as such, businesses can write off 100 per cent of their total investment against taxable profits in the year of purchase under the Enhanced Capital Allowance scheme; showing even further savings – over £3,000 is not untypical on an average project.”