A short cut was taken so the driver making a delivery would not have to hook-up the vapor hose. Unfortunately, I have seen this so many times with the vapor recovery connection being at grade level. The driver forgets to put it back and a rain comes, leaks water into the UST and causes phase separation of the gasoline in the UST.
Thanks Don for the comments. And Brian, it’s important to see that the vapor recovery riser, strangely position horizontally, has a rock keeping the poppet open, which basically means that the tank is venting at knee cap level. The two vents are manifolded so all the vapor from inside the tanks is spewing out, potentially dangerously to the site. During a delivery, imagine 10,000 gallons of gasoline vapor floating around the site!
A short cut was taken so the driver making a delivery would not have to hook-up the vapor hose. Unfortunately, I have seen this so many times with the vapor recovery connection being at grade level. The driver forgets to put it back and a rain comes, leaks water into the UST and causes phase separation of the gasoline in the UST.
Somebody is going to need to annotate the picture with the issues for me. New to this biz – not quite sure what Don is referencing. Thanks!
Thanks Don for the comments. And Brian, it’s important to see that the vapor recovery riser, strangely position horizontally, has a rock keeping the poppet open, which basically means that the tank is venting at knee cap level. The two vents are manifolded so all the vapor from inside the tanks is spewing out, potentially dangerously to the site. During a delivery, imagine 10,000 gallons of gasoline vapor floating around the site!