WASTEWATER COATINGS
Polyurea Wastewater Coatings For A Safer And More Sustainable Water Future
THE BEST COATINGS FOR SEWERS, TRASH, & WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
Improved standards of living, growing global populations, increasing demand for new construction, and an urgent need to repair and rehabilitate aging infrastructure have placed enormous stress on the wastewater and sanitation industry. Paired with emerging environmental concerns like water scarcity and complex contamination, which have led to more stringent regulatory requirements, there is a greater need than ever before to find new and improved technologies to preserve existing infrastructure and protect new or augmented construction. Without them, critical infrastructure like sewers, trash, and wastewater systems risk faster deterioration that poses potentially dangerous consequences.
POLYUREA COATING TECHNOLOGY
Polyurea spray elastomer technology offers the best protection for wastewater systems. Polyurea coatings are highly robust coating materials resistant to most types of weathering and abrasion, and renowned for their high moisture resistance. They form a durable, watertight barrier capable of resisting the most common sources of damage and corrosion, and are much more effective than traditional solutions like epoxy. Polyurea wastewater coatings are the best in the industry, and ArmorThane offers a specialty line of polyurea formulations engineered for different applications.
APPLICATIONS OF POLYUREA WASTEWATER COATINGS
Polyurea wastewater coatings are highly versatile in their formulation and installation, making them perfect for a wide range of different applications:
SEWER MANHOLES & TUNNELS
With more than 26 million manholes in the United States alone, it’s a constant challenge to repair and protect these vital but often overlooked arteries of our urban environments. Polyurea wastewater coatings can help to protect and rehabilitate manholes and tunnel systems, saving time and money on repair and replacement and ensuring safe and effective operation and servicing.
REFUSE CHUTES & TRASH COLLECTION
Polyurea coatings are the best technology for coating high rise building refuse shoots, trash receptacles, and garbage truck bedliners to contain waste until properly disposed of at specialized treatment facilities or landfills. These systems often suffer from demanding abrasive conditions, and risk contamination from countless types of hazardous waste.
LAGOONS, TREATMENT PONDS, CLARIFYING WELLS, & DIGESTERS
Lagoons, treatment ponds, clarifying wells, and digesters are each essential components of a comprehensive wastewater treatment system. Polyurea coatings can be applied to the surface of these structures, protecting them from the same materials they serve to contain.
STORMWATER TRENCHES
& CULVERTS
In communities susceptible to rain water runoff, concrete trenches and culverts are commonly used as a mitigation strategy. However, these concrete structures can crack or spall in wet-dry or hot-cold environments, risking their safe and effective use. Polyurea coatings can help maintain structural integrity, and avoid or otherwise seal cracks or other types of damage that risk material failure.
FAQ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
While the best material technology for wastewater coatings depends on multiple factors specific to each project, versatile materials like polyurea offer a robust solution suitable for most applications. Polyurea is safer and more sustainable than many of its alternatives, and provides stronger protection against weathering and abrasion.
Wastewater infrastructure is critical for maintaining safe and hygienic urban environments, and wastewater coatings can help protect and rehabilitate this infrastructure. Without wastewater coatings, wastewater systems are at risk of faster degradation, compromising their safe operation and leading to potentially frequent, expensive, and challenging repairs and replacements.
Selecting the best wastewater coatings depends on several key considerations, including the moisture conditions, temperatures, flow rates, chemical conditions, and state of the prepared substrate. Polyurea coatings are highly resistant to most types of chemical and physical stress, making them a simple, flexible technology suitable for almost any wastewater project.
ARMORTHANE'S WASTEWATER COATINGS
Aging infrastructure and the demand for new construction coupled with increasingly stringent health and safety regulations have made wastewater coatings an essential component of wastewater systems. ArmorThane’s wastewater coatings are the perfect long-term solution for both new and existing structures, protecting wastewater infrastructure from the start or rehabilitating older systems. Our polyurea coatings are engineered for high performance in the corrosive, moisture laden environments common in wastewater systems. They’re highly effective at sealing risky channels to prevent leaks, and protect against corrosion and structural damage that can lead to costly downtime or dangerous mishaps.
- HighLine 310 – polyurea: Polyurea coating that sets within seconds, and exhibits excellent impact, abrasion, and chemical resistance. HighLine 310 offers consistent performance regardless of temperature or other physical conditions.
- HighLine 510 – pure polyurea: Pure polyurea formulation for excellent corrosion and skid resistance. HighLine 510 leverages a slower set time for a sm
- HighLine 510 H – pure polyurea: Pure polyurea coating with exceptional corrosion and skid resistance, while also being a harder and more abrasion and impact resistant version of the HighLine 510. HighLine 510H also has lower sensitivity to moisture that makes it suitable for application in high moisture environments.
- AquaSafe – pure polyurea: Potable Water Certified version of HighLine 510, meeting the US ANSI NSF-61 qualifications. AquaSafe is suitable for storing drinking water or food materials, and has very high tensile strength and elongation that make it perfect for water treatment facilities.
- STS 300 – polyurethane: Polyurethane formulation for greater abrasion resistance, and featuring low permeability for superior corrosion resistance.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TYLER GLECKLER
I am a chemist with a specialization in nanotechnology and applied materials chemistry. My work has focused on the characterization of optoelectronic materials, namely including semiconductor nanocrystals.
