Secondary Containment Systems

Summit's Secondary Containment Systems can help prevent costly setbacks.

Secondary Containment is an emergency short-term storage system designed to hold releases from hazardous waste storage tanks. Such systems also provide protection from spills caused by operational errors, such as overfilling.

97% of all cities, villages, schools, businesses and industry rely on groundwater as their source of drinking water, process water and irrigation water. Based on this fact, groundwater contamination and protection are a top priority for the EPA.

Research shows that less than one gallon of gasoline can pollute one million gallons of groundwater.

Facilities Requiring Secondary Containment Coating Systems

• Chemical Processing Plants
• Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities
• Tank Farms
• Drum Storage Areas
• Food/Beverage and Pharmaceutical Facilities
• Chemical Loading and Unloading Areas

Concrete is the most common secondary containment structure because it is a cost-effective material. However, the EPA "believes that most secondary containment concrete structures vaults or otherwise will require an impermeable coating or lining that will prevent migration of waste into the concrete."