The group has urged the state to store the contaminated sludge in an above-ground container temporarily.

The process has been used for smaller quantities of toxic wastes for about a century, but the cost for above-ground containers and the cost of energy to heat the process were more than a commercial operation could bear.

Above-ground tanks and new pumps are expected in Spring 2003.

That was followed by the leaks from above-ground tanks.

Federal officials say they believe New York is the first state to require stricter standards for above-ground tanks.

Tepco engineers have not decided whether to transfer the water to above-ground tanks, Ono said.

The Perc made its way into the soil near five large above-ground tanks where it was stored, probably through spills.

In addition, there are 31 million gallons of fuel oil stored in above-ground tanks less than two blocks away.

Holiday detection in above-ground tank bottom lining inspection.

If possible, store drinking water in an above-ground tank rather than in an underground tank.

Liquid industrial wastes were stored at the facility in twelve large above-ground tanks capable of holding more than 10 million gallons.

Above-ground tanks were ugly.

The New York regulations, drafted in 1985, established an initial registration period during which all above-ground tanks over 1,100 gallons had to be registered.

The intent of the article is to prevent further groundwater contamination from underground and above-ground tanks that contain hazardous or toxic materials.

Tepco has been pumping water over the reactors to keep them cool and storing the radioactive wastewater in above-ground tanks.

The system can channel water from a roof into a gutter that drains into an oblong, above-ground tank.

The museum is building the filling station, with above-ground tanks and a pitched copper roof, as a showpiece exactly as Wright drew it up.

Description of types of storage facilities: salt caverns, above-ground tanks, inactive underground volcano, others 4.

Burying the tank was also viewed a way of hiding an unsightly above-ground tank in the yard alongside the house.

A fuel dump a hundred yards northeast of the garage consisted of three large, above-ground tanks for fuel and a pump.

Some 330,000 metric tons of contaminated water - enough to fill more than 130 Olympic swimming pools - has been pumped into storage pits and above-ground tanks.

Leaks were found in underground storage pits in April, prompting Tepco to speed up the construction of sturdier above-ground tanks.

Now he opened a belly valve on the tank truck parked next to the large above-ground tank and a few gallons of liquid spilled onto the snow.

Above-Ground Tank Leak (cause)

Many owners, who previously stored fuel in underground tanks, switched to above-ground tanks to enable closer environmental monitoring of fuel storage and to reduce costs.

In most rural areas of Victoria, rainwater collected from a clean roof and securely piped into a well-maintained above-ground tank should not need to be disinfected.

Basement tanks fall into that category even though they are technically below ground because an above-ground tank is defined as one that is accessible for inspection from all sides.