ZRC Keeps the Roof on Water Treatment Plant The tiny community of Machias, Maine, just 30 miles from the Canadian border, is home to 3,000 hardy souls. They have learned to live with the region's harsh climate. It has been more difficult for the town's water treatment plant. That's why Machias chose ZRC to protect the acid-exposed ceiling of the plant from corrosion. Paint Was Not Enough The Machias Water Treatment Plant was built in 1972, and serves the entire population of the town. Constant exposure to an actively corrosive atmosphere had caused severe rusting of the plant's ceiling. Officials had planned to sandblast, then apply two coats of epoxy in an effort to save the ceiling. But Roy Love, a resident of Machias and president of Love's Painting Company, pointed out that epoxy alone

Join for free to read