Article: The Green Movement: Some Storage Tanks Are More Environmentally Friendly Than Others

By Mark Eklund P.E., Product Manager and Bruce Rumple, Director Engineering, Columbian TecTank

The buzzword today is "green." In corporate cultures, managers are under pressure to make working environments and processes "green." Municipalities are being called upon by citizens to be more "green" in their planning and management.

It can be argued that wastewater treatment has been leading the "green" movement for hundreds of years. History has shown us just how green wastewater can be. In nature, biological processes break down waste and substances in water, making it sustainable. But in the early 19th century, as population growth exceeded the natural processes' capabilities to treat the water, wastewater became a significant problem, particularly in urban areas. In England, for example, wastewater polluted the Thames and sickened the citizens of London. The city's health advocates, leaders and innovators built a sewer system to manage and treat the city's wastewater. Soon other urban areas throughout Europe took notice and the design and construction of wastewater treatment systems spread throughout the continent.

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