INDUSTRY INSIGHT
High-Throughput Sites. Heavy Equipment. Persistent Hydrocarbons.
Separation That Keeps Fleets, Facilities, and Terminals Moving.
Transportation operations run on tight schedules and tighter margins. Maintenance hubs, fueling areas, terminals, and intermodal yards all generate oily wastewater, washdown flow, and stormwater runoff loaded with hydrocarbons, grit, and solids. When separation systems fail, the consequences are immediate: regulatory violations, equipment downtime, clogged drains, and unsafe working conditions.
Mercer International’s enhanced gravity separators deliver dependable, API 421-informed oil and solids removal designed specifically for the realities of high-activity transportation environments. From rail yards to airport maintenance hangars, Mercer systems prevent sheen, capture oils down to 60 microns, and reduce operator intervention, all while standing up to heavy mud, diesel, hydraulic oil, and debris.
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Every transportation mode has its own profile, but the problems are universal: mobile equipment, fuels, lubricants, grit, unpredictable flows, and constant exposure to the elements.
Common challenges across transportation facilities include:
Traditional vault separators, swirl units, and sediment traps are not built for the pollutant load or variability of transportation facilities.
Mercer systems are.
Mercer International provides engineered primary treatment for a wide spectrum of transportation applications:
Wherever there is equipment, fuel, and movement, Mercer prevents hydrocarbon carryover and keeps facilities compliant.
MERCER ADVANTAGE
Transportation wastewater is harsh, variable, and debris-heavy. Mercer designs for all of it.
Mercer’s Multi-Pack™ coalescer media captures 60-micron droplets even in the presence of grit, temperature swings, and surfactants, outperforming swirl units and concrete vault systems.
Built-in pre-settling zones and controlled flow geometry resist plugging and protect coalescer surfaces, extending service intervals.
Timer-based solids purging, vapor containment, and automated oil skimming reduce operator labor and eliminate manual tank entry.
Mercer units prevent short-circuiting and bypass during thunderstorms, snowmelt, or pressure wash surges.
Fits into existing wash racks, fueling areas, maintenance bays, and stormwater vaults with minimal civil work.
Designed to support SPCC, SWPPP, MSGP, NPDES, and state/local discharge criteria for hydrocarbons and solids.
Why Mercer
Because downtime is not an option.
Mercer systems:
