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Commissioners approve leachate tank bid award

22.05.12

The Lycoming County commissioners Thursday agreed to endowment a contract to York-based Lobar Inc. for the construction of a 5.5 million gallon leachate tank at the Lycoming County Landfill in Brady Township.

The party submitted the lowest of seven bids, $5.7 million, according to Steve Tucker, president of county Resource Management Services.

Leachate is the liquid created by water moving through and mixing with gut in the landfill. The liquid is collected in a rubber liner and stored in two lagoons at the landfill before being pumped to a sewage treatment establish in the Borough of Montgomery.

The lagoons are too small to adequately contain the leachate, according to Tucker. During wet withstand conditions, the situation is so bad the leachate has to be trucked to the treatment plant.

The county has paid about $100,000 in trucking costs good to transport leachate over the last several months. It costs more to treat trucked leachate, too, Tucker said.

Source: Williamsport Sun-Gazette

why would the expansion tank on top of a water heater spring a tiny hole?

Jun 25, 2007 by Lolly | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

We drained the tank and found no corrosion in it, but the expansion tank crack looks corroded.
We drained the big tank, and found no corrosion. There was definitely corrosion in the expansion tank. Thanks!

My feel is that a small area in the tank was not treated with the corrosion resistant coating the rest was. Probably not worth worrying to fix, just replace.

stevetower | Jun 25, 2007

The expansion tank does not have the shield against corrosion the other pars have.

eric l | Jun 25, 2007

It is caused by galvanic/concentration apartment corrosion, It could have been when the tank was made there was a small area with concentration of an alloy.

pemsit | Jun 25, 2007

Bantam holes simply form with corrosion with time. Not always gross corrosion to be seen as some soft damp will slowly dissolve the metal away.

oldhombre | Jun 25, 2007

starting to get cancer of the modify a possibility

antony j | Jun 25, 2007

My dare say is that a small area in the tank was not treated with the corrosion resistant coating the rest was. Probably not worth fatiguing to fix, just replace.

stevetower | Jun 25, 2007

How much does installing an expansion tank for water heater cost?

May 22, 4976 by Jennifer B | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

We are replacing our old 50 gallon drinking-water heater. We were told that because of the new codes we will have to have an expansion tank installed at this time. We were quoted $300 for that. Does that seem reasonable or are we being overcharged?

Check tick off with your county or city water department and see if codes have really changed. Ask them about the drip 90. Seems unaccountable to me. Beware of repairmen when it comes to your home. Only deal with reliable companies. Good Luck!

annie28557 | May 22, 5729

How to drain the expansion tank, on an oil burner, when it has no drain valve?

Nov 17, 2010 by captainespinosa | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

I have an oil burner and the on relief valve is leaking. I went to check the PSI in the expansion tank but when I use the tire gage water came out the air valve. How would I swallow the tank? Or what else can I do?

There shoud be one, or at least a stopper.

If the plug is there, prepare for a mess and take out the plug, and have the parts ready to replace it with a proper drain valve with hose threads, so you can neatly draw off the unit.

classicsat | Nov 17, 2010

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Commissioners approve leachate tank bid award

Williamsport Sun-Gazette - May 22, 2012

The commissioners also approved agreements with the county Not be sensible and Sewer Authority and Williamsport Municipal Water Authority for a market study needed for both entities to make state funding for water system expansion projects.

Westwego City Council enacts moratorium on new chemical storage tanks

NOLA.com - May 22, 2012

Municipality officials informed Marrocco that the city does not issue open-ended permits any longer, and each tank expansion would call for its own blueprints and approval. Although the issue was discussed only briefly on Monday, at the core of the city's

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An expansion tank or expansion ship is a small tank used to protect closed water heating systems and domestic hot water systems from extreme pressure. ...