On every site the EV-EXBOX team has surveyed, runoff from the EV charging area goes to either :

 

Surface water storm drains

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Forecourt or car park separators

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A single EV or hybrid vehicle fire will require an estimated 10,000 litres of water to suppress it. 

 

Water from any modern vehicle ICE or EV is highly toxic to the environment. Tests on firewater run off from EV's where the battery pack has been flushed have been seen to contain high levels of lithium, cadmium, zinc, poly-cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, aliphatic compounds, formaldehyde, carbon fluoride & hundreds of volatile organic compounds.

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Firewater run off pollution is an offence, to avoid prosecution firewater must still be contained with a our fire risk assessment or pollution prevention plan should detail how pollution will be prevented or reduced.

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Best practise guidance on firewater pollution prevention is well documented. There is no excuse & no defence for not having firewater pollution controls in place.

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The emergency services are not responsible for the protection of the environment from firewater runoff from private land.

 

It is the legal responsibility of the operator or facility owner to protect the environment from potential pollution.

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The EV-EXBOX team can guide you to fitting the right level of pollution prevention valve to your site. Remember the vale must stop pollution unlike many older valves which just slow the flow of pollution into the environment down.

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