Car washes across Tampa Bay keep running during the drought by reusing water. They save close to 100 gallons per vehicle when you stack them up against washing at home. The Southwest Florida Water Management District enacted modified phase III water shortage restrictions, which let businesses run as usual.
Woodies Wash Shack off Gandy Boulevard washes between 11,000 and 12,000 cars on a typical Tuesday. Their three-step recycling setup cuts water use from 120 gallons down to about 20 gallons per vehicle.
“When you wash your car at home, you’re typically using about 120 gallons per car. So when you come through Woodies, we have a three step process, and we recycle our water, so we’re saving about 100 gallons per car,” said Alyson Carswell, customer experience manager at Woodies Wash Shack, to Tampa Bay 28. “When you’re washing 11,000 to 12,000 cars on an average Tuesday, that’s a lot of water we’re saving.”…