Storage Facilities

Question 1

Describe the function that elevated storage serves in a distribution system

Answer 1

Help meet peak demands
control pressure for service area
provides storage for emergency (fire)

Question 2

Define Stand Pipes

Answer 2

Beer Can shaped
On ground, taller than wide
steel/concrete
located on high ground
near large use area - school/industrial park
near a well...?

Question 3

Define Reservoirs

Answer 3

On ground/In Ground
Circular/Rectangular
Metal/Concrete
Create Adequate pressure

Question 4

Define Elevated Storage Tanks

Answer 4

Creates adequate pressure even when not on high elevation

Question 5

Describe two to three ways steel storage tanks can be protected from corrosion

Answer 5

Magnesium Anode so corrosion occurs there - sacrificial

Beds of Anodes protect outside/inside of pipes

Wax Tanks - Cathodic protection better
(Now they paint with wax instead)

Question 6

Identify two qualities required of paint that will bein contact with potable water

Answer 6

lmao supposed to be a list with EPA and NSF but I can’t find that shit anywhere

NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 - is apparently the standards but I can’t find an actual list