Portage, MI Elevated Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project

March 4, 2024By adminCoatings, Project Spotlight, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Rob Burckley, Induron Technical Sales & Service Manager Committed to ensuring its community has reliable and safe water supply, the City of Portage, MI launched a rehabilitation project on an integral component of its water supply infrastructure–a 750,000-gallon toro ellipse leg water tank. Over time, tanks can deteriorate due to various factors, necessitating rehabilitation … Read More

Restoring the Caseyville, IL Wastewater Treatment Plant

January 4, 2024By adminCoatings, Induron, Project Spotlight, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Paul Powers, Induron Regional Sales Manager During the summer of 2022, the coatings protecting the City of Caseyville, Illinois’ Wastewater Treatment Plant assets reached their performance life expectancy. The protective coatings on the critical infrastructure substrates were spent, worn and some assets were beginning to show signs of corrosion. The City of Caseyville hired … Read More

Holiday Testing: What It Is and Why It’s Needed

December 2, 2023By adminCoatings, Induron, Safety, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Rob Burckley, Induron Sales Representative The holiday season is a time of joy, celebration, and quality time with loved ones. However, for those in industries dealing with protective coatings, it’s also a time to ensure that the shield guarding against corrosion and deterioration remains intact. Holiday testing, in this context, isn’t about festive decorations … Read More

Corrosion Report Cards

October 31, 2023By adminCoatings, Induron, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: Andy Odorzynski, Induron National Sales Manager In 2018,  congress passed the American Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). This act seeks to strengthen the original intent of the Safe Drinking Water Act by recognizing that the condition of our infrastructure is directly related to the safety and quality of our drinking water. The act seeks to … Read More

Questioning our Assumptions about Primers in Immersion and their Place in the Water Industry: A Brief, Plain English Summary

September 6, 2023By adminInduron, Induron In the News, Uncategorized, Wastewater Industry No Comments

By: William Seawell, Technical Service Manager In July 2023 Materials Performance Magazine published a white paper sponsored by Induron Coatings detailing various technical reasons that the common engineering understanding about the galvanic mechanism of action in organic urethane zinc primers deserves re-examining at the systemic level.