Installation

Water Tanks Installation and Water Distribution Systems

Water Tanks Installation and Water Distribution Systems: Water tanks may be required where a new water distribution system is proposed or as an upgrade to an existing water distribution system. Design guidance must specifically consider the size of the tank for water storage. Storage capacity of the water tank should meet peak flow requirements, equalize system pressures, and provide emergency water supply. The water supply system must provide flows of water sufficient quantity to meet all points of demand in the distribution system. To do so, pressure levels within the distribution system must be high enough to provide suitable pressure and that is why we use a second elevated smaller tank, and water distribution mains must be large enough to carry these flows.

Water Tanks, Ground, Underground or Elevated

Water Tanks Installation and Water Distribution Systems: Jongonga Contractors also provides design guidance specifically for the water distribution system to and from the tank to the user end point. Water storage facilities are constructed within a distribution network to meet the peak flow requirements exerted on the system and to provide emergency storage. Water supply systems must be designed to satisfy maximum anticipated water demands. The peak demands usually occur during times of drought, when the levels of the dams that supply the water go down and when the county council does maintenance of the water system. The necessary storage can be provided in elevated, ground, underground or a combination of both types of storage.

Water Tank Installation

• Water Tank Installation Procedure
• The water tank must be installed on a firm, smooth, level concrete base built in accordance with good building standards and engineering principles.
• The depth of concrete used must be appropriate to the size of the tank and soil conditions. Installing the Tank
• Once the concrete base has dried, lower the tank into the hole. Make sure that the tank is sitting flat and true before filling it with any water.
• If you have been supplied with a neck ring, this should be cut to length to finish flush with the ground. If the neck ring is loose, position it and apply a good bead of silicon seal around the joint. Please note that the tank lid is designed to withstand foot traffic only.
• Back-fill a minimum of 450-460mm deep around the base of the tank with concrete.
• Once the concrete has set, back-fill any remaining space with pea shingle and surround materials, bringing connectors and pipework into final alignment.
• Under no circumstances
  - Tamp-down the infill with machinery
  - Tamp-down finished ground level with machinery
  - Drive vehicles over tanks installed as above
• Connect all pipework
• Mark out an exclusion zone 2 meters outside the original excavation footprint. Superimposed loads must NOT be