About Green Planet Car Wash

Using a professional car wash is a “green” activity that all of us can participate in.  Driveway washing, however, is environmentally destructive.  Driveway runoff water ends up in ponds, lakes, rivers, and wetlands.  Storm sewer water in Lakeville drains into the Vermillion River.    

We are a unique car wash in Minnesota because we restore and reuse 100% of the water we use in our wash tunnel and our detail bays. Unlike other car washes that drain their waste water into the municipal sewer system, we use biology to clean our water so that we may reuse it again, and again, and again….

We have literally washed thousands of cars using the same water!

Biology has cleaned the earth's oceans, rivers, lakes, and atmosphere for billions of years, so it made sense that biology would work for us too, if on a smaller scale. Our waste water, which is polluted with soaps, detergents, oils, gasoline, grease, diesel fuel, road oils and tar, etc., is clean, clear, and odorless after it has cycled through our restoration process. It actually meets EPA drinking water standards.  Our system can process 10,000 gallons of waste water per hour, all day, and every day!

If you'd like to learn more about how we treat our water using natural processes please visit Water Renewal Technologies.  Not only will you see the actual equipment we use to restore our water, but you will also learn how bacteria and enzymes chemically break down convert surfactants (soaps, detergents, waxes, wetting agents, etc.) and hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel fuel, grease, motor oil, road oils, etc.) into odorless and harmless water and carbon dioxide.  That’s it!  It may sound too good to be true, but this is the “technology” that nature uses every day to keep our environment livable. 

To learn how biology keeps the earth clean, and how scientists have relied on bacteria to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, visit the FAQ and Resources pages at the Water Renewal Technologies web site.

In addition to our water restoration process, we use energy saving technologies and innovations in efficiency that you won't find in most car washes, including solar panels on our roof, computerized motor controllers for energy efficiently, and extremely accurate pumps to dispense chemicals on your vehicle. Overuse of chemicals is harmful to the finish of your vehicle and wasteful.