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WHAT DOES A WELDED STEEL TANK HOLD FOR YOU? THE BEST VALUE IN WATER STORAGE

THE BEST VALUE IN WATER STORAGE Welded steel ground storage tanks offer unbeatable value for municipalities, communities and utility districts. Welded steel standpipes and reservoirs can provide millions of gallons of safe water storage with minimal maintenance costs, options for expansion and an unlimited life expectancy.

WELDED STEEL TANK CONSTRUCTION TODAY

Steel water tanks have been around for over 100 years and many communities can point to an iconic century-old tank in their town. But as municipalities and local utilities look to the future, welded steel tanks present a modern, practical and sustainable solution for storing the water they will need.

Click here to see STI/SPFA's Century Club tanks: Water storage tanks 100+ years old that are still in service and going strong!

Innovative designs provide for maximum storage capacity and eliminate corrosion points. When complete, a welded steel water storage tank is an impermeable, monolithic structure. Welded steel tanks can be modified to meet future capacity needs. Steel is sustainable - 97% of steel is recycled. The steel plates used for welded steel storage tanks are .185" to 2" thick.

Click here to download a complete Potable Water Storage Tank Specification

COATINGS TECHNOLOGY Today's storage tank coatings are not the paint systems of the old days. Today's paint systems replace and surpass the systems of decades past. Application processes have improved as well, permitting lead-free coatings systems to provide decades of safe water storage. Modern coatings systems can improve the longevity of a storage tank, protecting both the stored water and the interior of the tank itself.

LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCY All water storage tanks, whether they are welded steel, bolted or concrete, require maintenance. Maintenance requirements for welded steel tanks are minimal and predictable. With proper design, inspection, regular maintenance, and the right coatings system, welded steel water tanks can have a nearly limitless service life.

Left: Jersey Shore Water Authority, Jersey Shore, PA Water Storage Tank built in 1965; in continuous service.

Oak Vally, NJ 500,000 gallon welded steel

water storage tank built by Fisher Tank Company

Left: circa 1956 Right: circa 2020

LIFE EXPECTANCY With regular inspections and maintenance, a welded steel storage tank can last forever.

MAINTENANCE CYCLE*

Year 25 & 75

Exterior - Pressure wash/power clean; touch up & field finish coat Interior - Brush blast, touch up & finish coat

Tank Inspection Schedule:

1 year anniversary Every 3-5 years for the life of the tank

Year 50 & 100

Exterior - Blast clean, recoat Interior - Blast clean, recoat

*BASED ON PREMIKUM COATINGS SYSTEM

Click here to download a complete Potable Water Tank Paint Specification

1,116,000 gallon standpipe Fall River, MA

Welded Steel tanks provide the best value for water storage. COMPARE THE OPTIONS.

CONCRETE TANKS

BOLTED STEEL TANKS

Bolted steel water storage tanks also offer a lower initial cost option and may provide an effective solution in some cases. Considerations for evaluating bolted steel tanks include: Life expectancy Testing options for remaining service life .073" to .500" steel thicknesses

Concrete tanks can offer lower initial costs and can be constructed relatively quickly. Considerations for evaluating concrete tanks include: Life expectancy Testing options for remaining service life Surface permeability Typical repairs and costs Capacity expansion options

COMPARE THE OPTIONS

Potential corrosion points Typical repairs and costs Capacity expansion options

Design flexibility Coatings options

Design flexibility Coatings options

WELDED STEEL TANKS Unlimited life exectancy with regular, predictable maintenance Accurate testing for remaining service life .25" - 2" steel shell thicknesses Surface permeability is zero With regular inspections and predictable maintenance, repair costs are minimal Capacity expansion options - welded steel ground storage tanks can be expanded without changing the tank's footprint Design flexibility - welded steel tanks can be designed as standpipes or reservoirs; roof designs can be customized to meet specific aesthetic goals; coatings systems offer endless options for messaging and aesthetics Coatings options - coatings manufacturers offer high tech solutions for water storage tanks, including systems that can last for decades

COMPARE THE OPTIONS

0% Leakage allowance for welded steel storage tanks *per AWWA

Leakage allowance for concrete storage tanks

*per AWWA; in a 24 hr period

0.1%

1,000,000 gallon tank = 0 gallons/year allowable

1,000,000 gallon tank = 365,000 gallons/year allowable

THE VALUE OF WELDED STEEL

Welded steel water storage tanks offer the lowest total cost of ownership. LOWEST TOTAL COST

ZERO LEAKAGE

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY

With proper maintenance, a welded steel water storage tank can offer a century or more of safe water storage. LONGEVITY

AWWA requires that welded steel water storage tankswelded steel water storage tanks have ZERO leakage.

Welded steel storage tanks offer great design options, and can be modified for future capacity expansion, or for capacity reduction as needed.

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Sales Engineer afisher@FisherTank.com 803-520-2719 office 803-391-0820 cell ADAM FISHER

3131 West 4th Street, Chester, PA 19013 104 Fisher Tank Drive, Leesville, SC 29070 7380 Morro Road Atascadero, CA 93422 OFFICE LOCATIONS

PA 610.494.7200 SC 803.359.4173 CA 805.275.3611 AL 205-814-1709 PHONE NUMBERS rquail@FisherTank.com EMAIL ADDRESS

@FisherTankCo

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Welcome back to the Think Tank! Today we’re talking about field erected tanks and the roles they play in industry and our national economy. This article first appeared as a guest post on Castagra’s blog.

What do field erected welded steel tanks DO?

Field erected welded steel tanks are everywhere. If you drive around your community and see a very tank that’s sitting by itself, on a concrete foundation, chances are you’re looking at a welded steel water storage tank. If you’re near a port city and you see acres of huge tanks, those are field erected welded steel tanks. From municipal water storage, to terminals, to power plants, mining operations, chemical processing plant, food production and fire protection, field erected welded steel tanks are everywhere and they play an important role in our industries and our communities.

That giant tank wasn’t born there.

When you see a huge welded steel tank, it may look like it’s always been part of the landscape. But before that tank was built, there was a need. A need to store something, and a lot of it. So, an engineer designed the ideal storage container and a tank company prepared the steel plates and transported them to the site. Meanwhile, someone else cleared the site and built a foundation. Then the tank company welded the tank together right there on the foundation, and maybe they painted it, too. Now it’s a part of the landscape, but it was once just a drawing and a pile of steel plates.

Let’s take a look at a few uses and functions of above ground storage tanks:

Power Plants

Above ground storage tanks are key components of power plants, from traditional coal fired plants, to combined cycle, nuclear, new clean coal, and biomass or other alternative power generation facilities. Tanks store raw water, demineralized water, fuel, oil and wastewater. Tanks and specialty vessels are used in emissions control systems, too, and are vital in the “scrubbing” processes that remove harmful vapors from the plant’s emissions. Welded steel tanks hold the slurry mix used in wet scrubber systems, and specialty emissions-cleaning vessels like absorbers are made of welded steel. Other specialty vessels, like ductwork and stacks are also made of field erected welded steel. Storage tanks for power plants are typically designed to API 650, NFPA and/or AWWA D-100 standards, and are made of carbon steel or specialty stainless steel, depending on the vessel’s purpose. Additional specialty vessels can include cone bottom silos, bubbler vessels with multiple intake and outlet ducts, absorbers with massive duct openings, and welded steel stacks or stack linings.

Municipal/Community Water Supply

Municipal water storage tanks are probably the most well-known type of field erected welded steel tanks. You may not have really noticed them before, but you’ve probably passed a few of them a few hundred times. Cities, counties, town, utility districts, co-ops, and other community organizations rely on storage tanks to maintain clean, safe water supplies for their citizens. Water storage tanks not only keep the water supply clean and available, they provide the pressure needed to move the water through the distribution system to homes and business throughout the service area. Water storage tanks are designed, fabricated and built according to AWWA D-100 standards, and can be built as reservoirs (larger in diameter than in height), standpipes (greater in height than diameter), ground storage tanks, and even elevated tanks. Extremely large volume tanks are built as composite structures mounted on concrete columns. Welded steel water storage tanks offer communities a unique opportunity to create huge ambassadors – tanks can be custom painted with names, logos and murals, and can even be painted to represent a destination, product or location unique to the area. For example, the water tank in York, SC, is painted to look like a baseball to honor the Knights, neighboring Charlotte’s MLB team. In Clanton, GA, the water tank looks like a giant Georgia Peach.  Next time you take a drive, keep any eye out for your local water tanks – they’re everywhere!

Chemicals – Production and Storage

From the cleaners under your kitchen sink, to fertilizers and to the polymers that add strength to laminate wood flooring, chemicals are everywhere in modern life. (Check out the Discovery Channel for suprising places where chemicals show up.) Storage tanks play a huge role in the chemicals industry, whether they’re used for holding raw liquid ingredients, for processing or for final product storage. Chemical storage tanks can be as varied as the products they hold, but are generally API 650 tanks with specialized coatings and roofing solutions to protect the tanks contents and the environment.

Fire Protection

Tanks that hold raw water for fire protection are everywhere. Many office parks, industrial parks, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, power plants, and large institutional facilities must have water available for fire protection. Firewater tanks are designed, fabricated and constructed according to NFPA standards, and are typically flat bottom tanks with specialized nozzles to accommodate the flow of water from the tank in a fire fighting situation. They can be 50,000 gallons up to several hundred thousand gallons. If you’re watching, you can will probably a see firewater tank off of the interstate the next time you travel through an industrial area, or pass a freight terminal or distribution center.

Storage Terminals

Terminals are an essential part of industry and the world economy. Bulk liquid storage terminals are located in port cities and in land-locked areas all over the globe. Terminals of two or three tanks up to hundreds of tanks hold crude oil, gasoline, diesel and other petrochemical products, chemicals, food and beverage products, and other liquids for import and export. Terminal tanks are carbon steel API 650 tanks that can hold millions of gallons of product. Specialized roofing systems such as internal floating roofs with seals ensure that tanks holding potentially dangerous liquids will not release noxious fumes to the environment. Terminal tanks are custom engineered, fabricated and built to meet the specific safety and environmental protection requirements for the product(s) they will hold. If properly maintained with regular inspections and API 653 repairs when needed, terminal storage tanks can be part of our industrial and economic infrastructure for decades.

Field erected welded steel tanks perform in many other capacities all day, every day – in refineries, in ethanol plants and other renewable fuels operations, in the food and beverage industry, in the pharmaceutical industry, and in other applications. If you’ve used water, power, gasoline, or a chemical product today, chances are you have been an indirect user of a field erected welded steel tank!

For more information about field erected welded steel tanks, visit FisherTank.com

For more information on tank design standards:

American Petroleum Institute

National Fire Protection Association

American Water Works Association

Click here to read more of our blogs

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WHAT DOES A WELDED STEEL TANK HOLD FOR YOU? THE BEST VALUE IN WATER STORAGE

THE BEST VALUE IN WATER STORAGE Welded steel ground storage tanks offer unbeatable value for municipalities, communities and utility districts. Welded steel standpipes and reservoirs can provide millions of gallons of safe water storage with minimal maintenance costs, options for expansion and an unlimited life expectancy.

WELDED STEEL TANK CONSTRUCTION TODAY

Steel water tanks have been around for over 100 years and many communities can point to an iconic century-old tank in their town. But as municipalities and local utilities look to the future, welded steel tanks present a modern, practical and sustainable solution for storing the water they will need.

Click here to see STI/SPFA's Century Club tanks: Water storage tanks 100+ years old that are still in service and going strong!

Innovative designs provide for maximum storage capacity and eliminate corrosion points. When complete, a welded steel water storage tank is an impermeable, monolithic structure. Welded steel tanks can be modified to meet future capacity needs. Steel is sustainable - 97% of steel is recycled. The steel plates used for welded steel storage tanks are .185" to 2" thick.

Click here to download a complete Potable Water Storage Tank Specification

COATINGS TECHNOLOGY Today's storage tank coatings are not the paint systems of the old days. Today's paint systems replace and surpass the systems of decades past. Application processes have improved as well, permitting lead-free coatings systems to provide decades of safe water storage. Modern coatings systems can improve the longevity of a storage tank, protecting both the stored water and the interior of the tank itself.

LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCY All water storage tanks, whether they are welded steel, bolted or concrete, require maintenance. Maintenance requirements for welded steel tanks are minimal and predictable. With proper design, inspection, regular maintenance, and the right coatings system, welded steel water tanks can have a nearly limitless service life.

Left: Jersey Shore Water Authority, Jersey Shore, PA Water Storage Tank built in 1965; in continuous service.

Oak Vally, NJ 500,000 gallon welded steel

water storage tank built by Fisher Tank Company

Left: circa 1956 Right: circa 2020

LIFE EXPECTANCY With regular inspections and maintenance, a welded steel storage tank can last forever.

MAINTENANCE CYCLE*

Year 25 & 75

Exterior - Pressure wash/power clean; touch up & field finish coat Interior - Brush blast, touch up & finish coat

Tank Inspection Schedule:

1 year anniversary Every 3-5 years for the life of the tank

Year 50 & 100

Exterior - Blast clean, recoat Interior - Blast clean, recoat

*BASED ON PREMIKUM COATINGS SYSTEM

Click here to download a complete Potable Water Tank Paint Specification

1,116,000 gallon standpipe Fall River, MA

Welded Steel tanks provide the best value for water storage. COMPARE THE OPTIONS.

CONCRETE TANKS

BOLTED STEEL TANKS

Bolted steel water storage tanks also offer a lower initial cost option and may provide an effective solution in some cases. Considerations for evaluating bolted steel tanks include: Life expectancy Testing options for remaining service life .073" to .500" steel thicknesses

Concrete tanks can offer lower initial costs and can be constructed relatively quickly. Considerations for evaluating concrete tanks include: Life expectancy Testing options for remaining service life Surface permeability Typical repairs and costs Capacity expansion options

COMPARE THE OPTIONS

Potential corrosion points Typical repairs and costs Capacity expansion options

Design flexibility Coatings options

Design flexibility Coatings options

WELDED STEEL TANKS Unlimited life exectancy with regular, predictable maintenance Accurate testing for remaining service life .25" - 2" steel shell thicknesses Surface permeability is zero With regular inspections and predictable maintenance, repair costs are minimal Capacity expansion options - welded steel ground storage tanks can be expanded without changing the tank's footprint Design flexibility - welded steel tanks can be designed as standpipes or reservoirs; roof designs can be customized to meet specific aesthetic goals; coatings systems offer endless options for messaging and aesthetics Coatings options - coatings manufacturers offer high tech solutions for water storage tanks, including systems that can last for decades

COMPARE THE OPTIONS

0% Leakage allowance for welded steel storage tanks *per AWWA

Leakage allowance for concrete storage tanks

*per AWWA; in a 24 hr period

0.1%

1,000,000 gallon tank = 0 gallons/year allowable

1,000,000 gallon tank = 365,000 gallons/year allowable

THE VALUE OF WELDED STEEL

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Welded steel water storage tanks offer the lowest total cost of ownership. LOWEST TOTAL COST

ZERO LEAKAGE

DESIGN FLEXIBILITY

With proper maintenance, a welded steel water storage tank can offer a century or more of safe water storage. LONGEVITY

AWWA requires that welded steel water storage tanks have ZERO leakage.

Welded steel storage tanks offer great design options, and can be modified for future capacity expansion, or for capacity reduction as needed.

2 MG Standpipe

Welded steel standpipe in Lexington, SC 2 MG; Tnemec coatings system with unlimitedlife expectancy

Sales Engineer afisher@FisherTank.com 803-520-2719 office 803-391-0820 cell ADAM FISHER

3131 West 4th Street, Chester, PA 19013 104 Fisher Tank Drive, Leesville, SC 29070 7380 Morro Road Atascadero, CA 93422 OFFICE LOCATIONS

PA 610.494.7200 SC 803.359.4173 CA 805.275.3611 AL 205-814-1709 PHONE NUMBERS rquail@FisherTank.com EMAIL ADDRESS

@FisherTankCo

Fisher Tank Company

Fisher Tank Company

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Welcome back to the Think Tank! Today we’re talking about field erected tanks and the roles they play in industry and our national economy. This article first appeared as a guest post on Castagra’s blog.

What do field erected welded steel tanks DO?

Field erected welded steel tanks are everywhere. If you drive around your community and see a very tank that’s sitting by itself, on a concrete foundation, chances are you’re looking at a welded steel water storage tank. If you’re near a port city and you see acres of huge tanks, those are field erected welded steel tanks. From municipal water storage, to terminals, to power plants, mining operations, chemical processing plant, food production and fire protection, field erected welded steel tanks are everywhere and they play an important role in our industries and our communities.

That giant tank wasn’t born there.

When you see a huge welded steel tank, it may look like it’s always been part of the landscape. But before that tank was built, there was a need. A need to store something, and a lot of it. So, an engineer designed the ideal storage container and a tank company prepared the steel plates and transported them to the site. Meanwhile, someone else cleared the site and built a foundation. Then the tank company welded the tank together right there on the foundation, and maybe they painted it, too. Now it’s a part of the landscape, but it was once just a drawing and a pile of steel plates.

Let’s take a look at a few uses and functions of above ground storage tanks:

Power Plants

Above ground storage tanks are key components of power plants, from traditional coal fired plants, to combined cycle, nuclear, new clean coal, and biomass or other alternative power generation facilities. Tanks store raw water, demineralized water, fuel, oil and wastewater. Tanks and specialty vessels are used in emissions control systems, too, and are vital in the “scrubbing” processes that remove harmful vapors from the plant’s emissions. Welded steel tanks hold the slurry mix used in wet scrubber systems, and specialty emissions-cleaning vessels like absorbers are made of welded steel. Other specialty vessels, like ductwork and stacks are also made of field erected welded steel. Storage tanks for power plants are typically designed to API 650, NFPA and/or AWWA D-100 standards, and are made of carbon steel or specialty stainless steel, depending on the vessel’s purpose. Additional specialty vessels can include cone bottom silos, bubbler vessels with multiple intake and outlet ducts, absorbers with massive duct openings, and welded steel stacks or stack linings.

Municipal/Community Water Supply

Municipal water storage tanks are probably the most well-known type of field erected welded steel tanks. You may not have really noticed them before, but you’ve probably passed a few of them a few hundred times. Cities, counties, town, utility districts, co-ops, and other community organizations rely on storage tanks to maintain clean, safe water supplies for their citizens. Water storage tanks not only keep the water supply clean and available, they provide the pressure needed to move the water through the distribution system to homes and business throughout the service area. Water storage tanks are designed, fabricated and built according to AWWA D-100 standards, and can be built as reservoirs (larger in diameter than in height), standpipes (greater in height than diameter), ground storage tanks, and even elevated tanks. Extremely large volume tanks are built as composite structures mounted on concrete columns. Welded steel water storage tanks offer communities a unique opportunity to create huge ambassadors – tanks can be custom painted with names, logos and murals, and can even be painted to represent a destination, product or location unique to the area. For example, the water tank in York, SC, is painted to look like a baseball to honor the Knights, neighboring Charlotte’s MLB team. In Clanton, GA, the water tank looks like a giant Georgia Peach.  Next time you take a drive, keep any eye out for your local water tanks – they’re everywhere!

Chemicals – Production and Storage

From the cleaners under your kitchen sink, to fertilizers and to the polymers that add strength to laminate wood flooring, chemicals are everywhere in modern life. (Check out the Discovery Channel for suprising places where chemicals show up.) Storage tanks play a huge role in the chemicals industry, whether they’re used for holding raw liquid ingredients, for processing or for final product storage. Chemical storage tanks can be as varied as the products they hold, but are generally API 650 tanks with specialized coatings and roofing solutions to protect the tanks contents and the environment.

Fire Protection

Tanks that hold raw water for fire protection are everywhere. Many office parks, industrial parks, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, power plants, and large institutional facilities must have water available for fire protection. Firewater tanks are designed, fabricated and constructed according to NFPA standards, and are typically flat bottom tanks with specialized nozzles to accommodate the flow of water from the tank in a fire fighting situation. They can be 50,000 gallons up to several hundred thousand gallons. If you’re watching, you can will probably a see firewater tank off of the interstate the next time you travel through an industrial area, or pass a freight terminal or distribution center.

Storage Terminals

Terminals are an essential part of industry and the world economy. Bulk liquid storage terminals are located in port cities and in land-locked areas all over the globe. Terminals of two or three tanks up to hundreds of tanks hold crude oil, gasoline, diesel and other petrochemical products, chemicals, food and beverage products, and other liquids for import and export. Terminal tanks are carbon steel API 650 tanks that can hold millions of gallons of product. Specialized roofing systems such as internal floating roofs with seals ensure that tanks holding potentially dangerous liquids will not release noxious fumes to the environment. Terminal tanks are custom engineered, fabricated and built to meet the specific safety and environmental protection requirements for the product(s) they will hold. If properly maintained with regular inspections and API 653 repairs when needed, terminal storage tanks can be part of our industrial and economic infrastructure for decades.

Field erected welded steel tanks perform in many other capacities all day, every day – in refineries, in ethanol plants and other renewable fuels operations, in the food and beverage industry, in the pharmaceutical industry, and in other applications. If you’ve used water, power, gasoline, or a chemical product today, chances are you have been an indirect user of a field erected welded steel tank!

For more information about field erected welded steel tanks, visit FisherTank.com

For more information on tank design standards:

American Petroleum Institute

National Fire Protection Association

American Water Works Association

Click here to read more of our blogs

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