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Why Brine Ponds Are Better Than Other Processing Methods
Sizes, depths, volumes, and length of use vary, but all lined brine ponds share some common advantages over other processing methods available for brine treatment.
Sources of Brine Waste
The term brine doesn’t just refer to the combination of water and salt.
The Main Uses for Brine Ponds
Brine ponds are all involved in the storage or processing of brine, but the specific purpose for the pond can vary greatly.
The Most Common Forms of Damage to Irrigation Canal Liners
Even after careful selection and installation, a canal liner made from any material can eventually become damaged and begin to leak. Concrete, geomembranes, and mortar-based systems are tougher than other materials, but they can still become damaged by specific hazards.
Issues Common to Unlined Canals
It is tempting to leave a canal unlined when it’s a small branch that is only supplying irrigation water to distant fields.
Choosing the Right Geomembrane Material for a Canal Liner
Even once you’ve narrowed down your wider canal liner choices to a geomembrane, you still have multiple materials to choose from.
Using Geomembranes as Underlayment for Concrete
If you’ve decided to pair a geomembrane from BTL Liners with some form of concrete or mortar, you’ll need to pick a product capable of pulling this duty.
Canal Lining Options
You’ll need to consider all of your options when choosing a liner for a new or existing canal. Each canal has different needs depending on the soil conditions, size, wall angle and total flow and discharge.
Options for Repairing Damaged Canals
Damaged canals don’t need to be abandoned or removed. Narrow and hard-to-see drainage and field channels need to be drained and filled to avoid serious injury to humans and animals.
How Are Canals Designed and Built?
Canals require geotechnical engineering to last for decades with minimal maintenance, but irrigation canals in particular tend to be built informally or with at least under-engineering.
Why Are Canals Essential to Modern Life?
Many people only associate canals with the waterways in Venice that are traveled by gondola, but each year thousands of miles of new canals are installed for a wide variety of uses.
Common Problems with Geomembranes
With proper material and thickness selection, geomembranes should install smoothly with few issues.
Creating a Complete Geomembrane System
A geomembrane system is a complete set of liners designed to work together to contain any kind of solid or liquid waste.
All About Geomembrane Underlayments
The last category of common applications for geomembranes is underlayment. Similar to liners, an underlayment doesn’t necessarily contain every drop of liquid in a reservoir, but still plays an important role in drainage and soil stability.
Geomembrane Liners vs Other Options
While geomembranes may make the best liner for all short-term and permanent storage situations, they’re far from the only option.
All About Geomembrane Liners
The single most common and essential use for a geomembrane is lining. Without a flexible and impermeable layer of geomembrane, it’s much harder and more expensive to build a pond, tank, containment area, landfill, or other facility that must hold liquids.
All About Geomembrane Covers
Take the temporary tarp to the next level by installing a permanent geomembrane cover that can handle UV exposure, heavy rain or snow loads, and even employees walking over the surface for maintenance.
All About Geomembrane Tarps
Geomembranes are primarily used in applications that leave them buried under the earth or layers of concrete, but they make surprisingly good tarps as well.
What are Geomembranes?
Geomembranes are impermeable and flexible sheets of material designed to secure, stabilize, or seal exposed earth.
Backup Spill Protection for Secondary Containment Areas
Even with the right secondary containment pads and other measures, you still need basic spill protection procedures for emergencies.
Maintaining Your Secondary Containment Pads
Containment pads take plenty of planning and careful installation, but you’ll only need to do minimal maintenance on a monthly basis to keep your pads in good shape.
Choosing a Liner for Permanent Containment Areas
Once you’ve determined how many permanent containment pads you need and their general sizes, you still need to choose a liner material.
Calculating the Size of Each Secondary Containment Pad
Before you can design a new secondary containment pad that is custom fit to your needs, you’ll need to determine the expected volume for each containment zone.
Pre-made vs. Custom Pads for Secondary Containment
After determining the regulations related to your particular business and storage procedures, it’s time to choose the containment pads you want to add to your facility.