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I've got this big bucket of contaminated water/oil based paint. NOW what do I do with it?!?"
Good point... It should be stored until your local waste disposal group (city, county, private, etc) has one of those "haz waste amnesty days" and you can turn it in with them. OR... It would need to be disposed of as "contact water" with some entity that's in the business of haz waste disposal. (That option would cost money!) OR... As a last resort, you could use it to swirl paint your toilet (that'll be popular with the Mrs!) and send it to the local treatment plant. Can't say I'd recommend that.
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The storm drains know what to do with it...
Justin, you are a bad boy, go to your room and spray paint on the wall "I will not put petro products in the storm drains" fifty times.
Just to be clear, that tub of water/paint would not be hazardous waste, per se. It would be considered "contact waste water." As such, it would have to be analyzed chemically and the concentration of "listed substances" (i.e. "contaminants") would determine if it qualifies as "hazardous waste". It probably would not. I still wouldn't drink it... Wash the cat in it maybe...
And, now that I've typed all that, I realize almost everything I've written is based on the system used in Florida. Your state might be different. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to check with a local, reputable, body/paint shop and ask what they do with leftover paint, rinse water, etc. Most likely, they have a container for such stuff and a scheduled pickup service. They might let you dump your 5 gallons in with theirs...
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