STORAGE AREA
CONTAINMENT
Polyurea Secondary Containment for Hazardous Substance Storage Areas
POLYUREA IS ESSENTIAL
WHEN SEPARATION IS
NECESSARY
POLYUREA IS ESSENTIAL WHEN
SEPARATION IS NECESSARY
Numerous commercial and industrial facilities, and even some private homes, are tasked with storing large volumes of hazardous materials. Irrespective of the where, what, and why, one thing always remains the same: safe storage usurps all else. This starts with robust and application-specific primary containment, matching stored substances with containers composed of materials that can resist their chemical properties and conform to operational requirements. However, unfortunately this starting point is where many think all responsibility and proactive protection ends. Instead, best practices and regulatory requirements demand redundancy, chiefly in the form of reliable secondary containment systems – infrastructure in place to prevent the spread of spills and contamination in the event of primary containment failure. The choice between berms, drip buckets, cabinets, and the many other forms of secondary containment will depend on numerous different factors, but for any storage area and any hazardous substances, it’s essential to install a redundancy for your redundancy. In fact, secondary containment can often be a bit misleading; it may seem to suggest that it’s the second measure in place in case of spills or leaks. In reality, it’s the first and often only thing between a minor accident and a complete catastrophe, so storage facilities should take every step to ensure it’s ready for the worst-case scenario. For this, there’s no better protection than ArmorThane’s polyurea secondary containment coatings.
HOW ARMORTHANE POLYUREA
PROVIDES PROTECTION WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST
HOW ARMORTHANE POLYUREA
PROVIDES PROTECTION WHEN
YOU NEED IT MOST
Let’s try to understand how exactly polyurea can make all the difference to storage area containment through an example:
Imagine you manage a storage facility housing very large volumes of industrial chemicals. Normally, all hazardous substances are safely stored away in specialized containers – this is your primary containment. Unfortunately, today there was an accident. Some heavy machinery bumped into and punctured one of your storage containers, and dangerous chemicals are now leaking into the facility. If you’ve been prioritizing safety and compliance, then don’t worry, you have a secondary containment system in place or prepared to deploy. In your case, the containers were stored inside a containment berm, ready to catch anything that spills before it can spread to cause more damage – right? Secondary containment systems like the containment berm are purpose-built, but can you be sure it will be enough? Secondary containment is all about redundancy, so having only one additional layer of protection if primary containment fails to commit to this principle of safety.
Imagine you manage a storage facility housing very large volumes of industrial chemicals. Normally, all hazardous substances are safely stored away in specialized containers – this is your primary containment. Unfortunately, today there was an accident. Some heavy machinery bumped into and punctured one of your storage containers, and dangerous chemicals are now leaking into the facility. If you’ve been prioritizing safety and compliance, then don’t worry, you have a secondary containment system in place or prepared to deploy. In your case, the containers were stored inside a containment berm, ready to catch anything that spills before it can spread to cause more damage – right? Secondary containment systems like the containment berm are purpose-built, but can you be sure it will be enough? Secondary containment is all about redundancy, so having only one additional layer of protection if primary containment fails to commit to this principle of safety.
