Both, but taking time to understand the process makes it less.  The laws that require this process vary across the country depending on the area of population versus location in the state or city you are working in.  Knowing what you have to do and don’t have to do is the key component to both complexity and complication.  Capturing and recovering the runoff from pressure washing can be complex but does not have to be complicated.

First find out the regulations for the area you are working in by contacting the local municipality that handle wastewater.  Ask questions to determine the parameters.  Am I required to capture and recover my pressure washer discharge?  May I discharge my captured discharge into sanitary sewer?  Do I need to filter it before discharging into sanitary sewer?  Do I need to contain it in a tank?  May I discharge my captured discharge into a controlled landscape planter?  These are a few of the questions to ask.  Don’t complicate it if you don’t have to and don’t make assumptions.

The Hydro Tek Systems Hydro Vacuum products are very flexible in their capabilities.  Should you need to operate closed loop, no discharge, they are designed to capture, recover and process filter the water to a tank for re-use.  If discharge is permitted they have the capability to filter and discharge or not filter and discharge, depending on the regulation.  The systems have the capability to adapt to the restriction helping remove the complexity and complication of the regulations.