TL;DR
A concrete washout is the designated container or lined pit where ready-mix truck chutes, pumps, and finishing tools are rinsed so the highly alkaline slurry cannot soak into soil or reach storm drains. EPA stormwater rules and many local ordinances require one on permitted job sites, and fines for chute-rinsing into the gutter land on whoever controls the site.
What it means
A concrete washout is the designated container or lined pit where ready-mix truck chutes, pumps, and finishing tools are rinsed so the highly alkaline slurry cannot soak into soil or reach storm drains. EPA stormwater rules and many local ordinances require one on permitted job sites, and fines for chute-rinsing into the gutter land on whoever controls the site. On residential pours it may be as simple as a plastic-lined wheelbarrow or a commercial washout bin billed as a small line item.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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