CHAMPAIGN-URBANA In 2016, Illinois American Water began construction on a new composite elevated tank to provide pressure reliability during power fluctuations at three water treatment plants and to supplement five other storage tanks and four booster stations on the distribution system. The tank was also built to provide potable water to customers in the Champaign service area. “Because of our past experience, we were able to supply the engineer and the owner with long-lasting, low VOC, high-performance products to protect the steel and concrete substrates on this tank,” said Erik Otten, Tnemec coating consultant with Taylor Coating Sales, Inc. The engineer was challenged with finding several coating systems that would protect the structure against the climate as well as condens

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