The class 1 Euroceptor bypass oil separator and was designed to comply with the requirements of BSEN858 and appears on the Environment Agency list of compliant products for PPG3.

Inside the Euroceptor a carefully designed and constructed system of pipes, weirs and filters allows the first 10% of any water run-off to enter the main separation chamber where any light liquids (oil and petrol) or sediment (silt) is separated and retained, whilst the clean water is allowed to pass through without restriction.

After the initial filtering, the rest of the water run-off entering the Euroceptor is deemed to be ‘clean’, and is allowed to bypass the main chamber and pass through to the downstream drainage system unhindered.

The Euroceptor is designed for use in large impermeable areas such as car parks, truck parks or airport aprons, where there is no additional storage or transfer of oil or fuel and therefore the possibility of significant spillages of pollutants is unlikely.

For areas where there is the storage of, or unloading of, large volumes of hydrocarbon or other possible pollutants, full retention separators such as the SUPERCEPTOR should be considered

The Euroceptor allows the first 10% of any rain storm to enter the main separation chamber where any hydrocarbon (oil) or sediment is separated and retained, whilst the clean water is allowed to pass through without restriction.

Any flow of more than the first 10% deemed to be ‘clean’ is allowed to bypass the main chamber and pass through to the downstream drainage system unhindered.