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OOPS Filter Overboard Oil Protection System
The simple flow thru OOPS filter works with any bilge pump and automatically removes oils from your bilge water. This OOPS filter system uses the same organoclay filter media that we use on the BRUTE/ B USCG/ABS/BV certified separators. We can rack up 3 or more OOPS filter cartridge housings and mount a 2005 USCG approved oil content monitor behind that and you can have a clear record of your oil in water discharges. This does not make it a separator — but it does give you a USCG approved monitor that shows the water quality of the water discharged thru this system. Unlike a full blown marine oil water separator that is usually a minimum of 2" square and 4.5" tall, this OOPS system with the monitor is only 30" high by 30" wide x 8" deep.
- It’s against the law to pump oil into water!
- OOPS can save you from a $25,000 fine. The Federal Water Pollution Act (aka Clean Water Act) disallows even the appearance of a visible sheen on the water, punishable by a minimum $5,000 penalty. Oil content in your overboard discharge—over 15 ppm (that’s 15 parts per million) is illegal. If you can see sheen on the water—you’re already over legal limits!
- Simply put—it’s the right thing to do!
- Protects your rear end.
An oil water separator is a flow thru device designed to remove free (that’s floating) oils from a moving stream, but it can be fooled by an oily emulsion. The newest IMO 107 separators are followed by a specialty 0rganoclay filter that can remove even emulsified oils.
The OOPS Filter uses this new Organoclay filter media to remove both free AND emulsified oils from your overboard discharge. OOPS!
The SkimOil OOPS system includes a filter housing AND the OOPS filter which removes oil, gas, diesel fuel and other hydrocarbons from the bilge water as it is discharged overboard. The OOPS filter cartridge is replaceable and this system even ships with one spare. Each 20" cartridge will remove up to a 1.5 pints of oil—before needing replacement. Once you own the housing and mount, filter replacements are cheap and easy to use—certainly compared to pollution! A pint of oil can cover almost an acre!