Water storage tanks are essential for various purposes from agricultural or commercial use to home tasks. Therefore, any water tank issues could have a tremendous negative impact on your daily operations.
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Cooling towers are important in a wide variety of buildings. As such, facility managers should be aware of cooling tower corrosion as an issue.
Most importantly, as a site manager you should know how to prevent corrosion in your cooling tower. Corrosion can impact the performance of your cooling tower, having a knock on effect for the entire facility.
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Do you suspect that something might be wrong with your fire sprinkler tank? This article will help you decide if you are experiencing a water tank leak and inform you on how to fix a fire sprinkler leak.
A well-maintained sprinkler tank should endure multiple decades. But when left untouched for prolonged periods, deterioration can occur quite rapidly, and the problems with your tank can spiral out of control. However, fast thinking and swift action can greatly improve your chances of solving your problems quickly.
Water tank leaks aren’t often the end of the world but should be fixed quickly to ensure that your water tank is still fit for use. However, fire sprinklers are an important health and safety measure that shouldn’t be neglected and forgotten.
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Winter weather poses a significant risk to your water storage tank, making it vulnerable to freezing and diminished functionality. Without proper preparation, you might face severe damage, costly repairs, and interruptions in your water supply. This guide outlines essential steps to winterise your tank, ensuring it remains functional and efficient throughout the cold months.
Continue reading “How To Prepare Your Water Storage Tank For Winter”Water storage tanks are used in various domestic and industrial settings to keep large quantities of water contained and healthy. Water tanks are made from steel or concrete, as those materials allow for water to be stored without immediate risk of corrosion and leaks.
But you might be asking yourself “How does a water storage tank work?”.
The process isn’t quite as simple as pouring water into a box and leaving it in there for months or years. This article will discuss the function of water storage tanks.
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Maintaining your commercial water system is important all year round, however, there is a distinct lack of information regarding water system maintenance in spring. If you’re interested in how to maintain a commercial water tank system in spring – this article is for you.
Continue reading to learn more about the problems occurring with your water storage tank in spring and what you can do to prevent them.
Having a rain collection system can have many ideal and sought after benefits. For example, they act as an independent water supply which otherwise would be costly or difficult to obtain. In addition, rainwater harvesting tanks are a crucial source of clean water and increase the quantity of potable drinking water available to houses or even citizens in the community. Furthermore, water collected in the rainwater harvesting tanks can lead to a large reduction in business or household utility bills. With this in mind, keeping your systems well maintained is essential if you want an ongoing supply of clean water. As such this article will discuss:
Galvanised steel water tanks are often used to safely store large quantities of water for commercial purposes. They are reliable, tough, long lasting and finished with a galvanised coating to prevent premature rust and corrosion of the tank.
Supplied in kits to minimise transport costs, this type of tanks can be easily assembled where they are needed. Some of the common applications of galvanised tanks include rainwater harvesting, farming and many more. Some of those require the use of tanks with sizes varying from 9000 litres (1980 gallons) to 500,000 litres (109,985 gallons).
In this guide we explore the importance of regularly maintaining your galvanised tank.
Modern galvanised steel tanks come with an inner poly lining. This provides additional protection to the steel tank from the stored water, which limits the buildup of rust and corrosion. In addition, it helps prevent leaks at the welded joints – a common weak point in steel tanks and a major cause for water leaks.
The inner poly lining in galvanised steel tanks also stops zinc mixing into your rainwater, which can give your water an unpleasant metallic taste.
Because the zinc acts as a barrier for oxygen and water, it’s nearly impossible for galvanised steel to rust.
There are various factors that affect the metal’s resistance to corrosion including the thickness of the galvanised coating. But generally, galvanised steel will remain in good condition for decades, especially with the proper maintenance.
Keeping your galvanised steel water tanks in good condition is pivotal for maintaining the quality of the water inside them. Although the properties of galvanised steel prevent the development of corrosion and rusting, they still need to be maintained to get the most of their lifespan.
It’s not just the structure of your water tank that you have to worry about. Sometimes, the lining of the tank can become dislodged meaning the tank’s material may naturally come into contact with other metals. If a situation occurs where zinc, for example, comes into contact with another metal, it creates the potential of a galvanic corrosion which reduces the useability of the tank.
When carrying out maintenance work on your tank it is important to use the correct maintenance products.
Excessive abrading of the galvanised tank can cause rust and corrosion to occur more quickly. This is because ‘galvanising’ protects steel from corrosion by developing a thin barrier film of insoluble zinc corrosion on the outer surface when it is exposed to the atmosphere.
Abrasive cleaning will wash away this corroded zinc consequently requiring another build up of this protective barrier which only consumes more of the zinc. As a result, this process will reduce the life of any galvanised steel product.
If you need help maintaining your galvanised steel water tank, Covac can help. We provide expert tank maintenance and relining no matter what condition your tank may be in.
Our highly trained and qualified cleaning engineers will solve any problems you have from full on water tank relining to repairs. For more information contact us on 01455 556 631 or alternatively email us at info@covac.co.uk.
Knowing how to avoid purchasing a new water tank can save you a lot of money. There are many ways in which you can keep your tanks up to correct standards; having to buy a new water tank does not have to be the final answer. Whilst sometimes you may have to replace your water tank, the majority of the time you will be able to perform maintenance, refurbishments or repairs in order to keep your tanks up and running. Here are our top five tips in how to avoid water tank replacements, including how to use our refurbishment and repairs services to save you money.
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Water storage tanks can be found in a large number of modern settings, from businesses to hospitals, educational facilities and many more. This is why water storage tank cleaning has become essential for maintaining a safe supply of water to all of these places.
Water storage tanks can become breeding grounds for potentially harmful bacteria, the most common of which being Legionella. Legionella is a bacteria that can lead to the development of Legionnaires’ disease, a condition that can be contracted by breathing in droplets of water containing Legionella bacteria.
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