Coalescing Plate Oil/Water Separators

Part of
How Completed
Structure Problem Conditions to Check For What to do
Often (Date/By)
To Check

Failing Inspection of discharging waters Contact a stormwater system

Effluent
Quarterly Oil/Water show obvious signs of poor water vendor and ask for cleaning/repair
Waters
Separator quality, including a visible sheen. guidelines.

Check to see if trash or debris has

Trash &
accumulated in the vault, pipe, or Remove trash and debris and
Vault Quarterly Debris
inlets/outlets. This should include dispose of properly.
Buildup
floatables and non-floatables.
Sediment accumulation in the
Sediment vault that exceeds the depth of 6- Remove all sediment from the
Vault Annually
Accumulation inches and/or visible signs of vault.
sediment on the plates.
Extract oil from the vault using a
vactor company. Coalescing plates
Semi- Oil Oil accumulates exceeding 1” at
Vault are cleaned by thoroughly rinsing
Annually Accumulation the water surface.
and flushing. There should be no
visible oil depth on the water.

Replace a portion of the media

Damaged Plate media is broken, deformed,
Coalescing pack or the entire plate pack
Annually Coalescing cracked, and/or showing signs of
Plates Plates failure.
depending on the severity of
failure.

Inlet and outlet piping in the vault

Damaged
Pipes Annually is damaged or broken and in need Repair or replace piping.
Pipes
or repair.

Baffles corroding, cracking,

Structural
Baffles Annually warping, and/or showing signs of Repair or replace baffles.
Damage
failure.
Cracks are found that are wider
than ½” at the joint of any
inlet/outlet pipe or there is Replace vault or make repairs so
Structure
Vault Annually evidence of soil entering the vault that the vault becomes structurally
Damage
through cracks. The walls, sound and meets design criteria.
bottom, frame, and/or top slab
are damaged.
Ladder is corroded or
Access Structural deteriorated, not functioning Repair or replace ladder as
Annually
Ladder Damage properly, no longer attached to necessary.
the wall, or missing rungs.

Comments:

October 2009 Volume I – Minimum Technical Requirements G2-18

Drainage Design and Erosion Control Manual for Olympia