Washing your car at home might seem like a practical choice, but
it wastes more water than you think and is also harmful to the
environment. Washing a car with a garden hose can use 60 or more
gallons of water in as little as 5 minutes. Even home car wash
equipment can use 41 gallons of fresh water. And either way,
soap runoff and toxins wash through storm drains into the
nearest lake, river or stream where they cause problems with
fish and their ability to reproduce. Having your car washed
professionally can be an eco-friendly alternative to doing it
yourself—IF the carwash follows green procedures. The
International Carwash Association has created a new program
called WaterSavers to help consumers identify carwashes that
have met specific conservation guidelines to reduce water use,
reclaim and/or recycle water and discharge waste to a treatment
facility. A WaterSavers-certified carwash uses much less water
than you would washing your car in your driveway. Conveyor and
in-bay/rollover systems in the program