Why does Spinifex recommend using an oil skimmer on many oily water installations?
The skimmer removes free-floating oil from the effluent water collection pit. This has many advantages including: Keeps the pit free of stagnant, smelly oil layers Makes the pit flood-proof (minimising any oil spillage should the collection pit accidentally flood) Removing the free floating oil also allows any dissolved oil in the water to liberate into the atmosphere instead of being locked in by the oil layer.
