from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public re

The Car Wash Industry has been under considerable stress lately with their public relations; this time it is over the hiring of illegal aliens and illegal immigrants. Early on the car wash industry tried to attempt to justify the hiring of illegal aliens stating; There Is Just No Way for Us to Know If Someone Is a US Citizen or Not.

Of course we all know this was a cop-out and they know that they are hiring people who are illegal aliens even though the carwash owners claim that they had some sort of ID and how were they to know if it was fake or not? We all know that they knew.

Having been in the carwash industry for some 27 years I can tell you that there is an even bigger issue on the horizon than illegal immigration for the carwash association’s public relations department to deal with. The bigger issue in the future will be the use of water.

Most of the carwash industry association’s literature and PR pieces say that people should use car washes rather than washing their own car because it saves water. They often claim that a professional carwash recycles their water. The fact is that 60% do not and many of these carwashes use way too much water to wash your car.

Lately people in the carwash industry have been talking about setting an industry standard that would only use 10 gallons of water to wash each car and in my professional opinion this is a good start however, it is not enough. A mobile carwash unit will only use 3.2 gallons water to wash your car and they can do that all day long.

Many carwash owners under Level III Drought conditions will be shut off from municipal water supplies and be forced to dig a well, which may or may not be allowed and certainly will not be met with any sort of approval from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public rel

ens even though the carwash owners claim that they had some sort of ID and how were they to know if it was fake or not? We all know that they knew.

Having been in the carwash industry for some 27 years I can tell you that there is an even bigger issue on the horizon than illegal immigration for the carwash association’s public relations department to deal with. The bigger issue in the future will be the use of water.

Most of the carwash industry association’s literature and PR pieces say that people should use car washes rather than washing their own car because it saves water. They often claim that a professional carwash recycles their water. The fact is that 60% do not and many of these carwashes use way too much water to wash your car.

Lately people in the carwash industry have been talking about setting an industry standard that would only use 10 gallons of water to wash each car and in my professional opinion this is a good start however, it is not enough. A mobile carwash unit will only use 3.2 gallons water to wash your car and they can do that all day long.

Many carwash owners under Level III Drought conditions will be shut off from municipal water supplies and be forced to dig a well, which may or may not be allowed and certainly will not be met with any sort of approval from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public re

he carwash industry association’s literature and PR pieces say that people should use car washes rather than washing their own car because it saves water. They often claim that a professional carwash recycles their water. The fact is that 60% do not and many of these carwashes use way too much water to wash your car.

Lately people in the carwash industry have been talking about setting an industry standard that would only use 10 gallons of water to wash each car and in my professional opinion this is a good start however, it is not enough. A mobile carwash unit will only use 3.2 gallons water to wash your car and they can do that all day long.

Many carwash owners under Level III Drought conditions will be shut off from municipal water supplies and be forced to dig a well, which may or may not be allowed and certainly will not be met with any sort of approval from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public re

llons of water to wash each car and in my professional opinion this is a good start however, it is not enough. A mobile carwash unit will only use 3.2 gallons water to wash your car and they can do that all day long.

Many carwash owners under Level III Drought conditions will be shut off from municipal water supplies and be forced to dig a well, which may or may not be allowed and certainly will not be met with any sort of approval from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public re

from the local residents, as that is also water that must be saved and conserved too.

In reality the carwash industry should have been saving water all along and every carwash should have a reclaim system unless of course they are washing cars with less than 10 gals of water per car. It is easy for any industry to use public relations to proclaim itself good community players, but in reality if they are not; then that same public relations strategy can turn around and bite them in the butt. We need to save water and the carwash industry needs to get on the ball to get it done. Please consider this in 2006.