Posts Tagged ‘alum’
Past Project: Investigation and Analysis of Solids in Municipal Storage Tank Leads to Cleaning/Removal
Staff at the City of Helena’s Missouri River Water Treatment Plant (MRWTP) had intended to repurpose a steel storage tank previously used to store alum. Even though the tank had been cleaned, when sodium hydroxide (lye) was added to it, it created a chemical reaction that burned a hole in the tank wall and left…
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