Category Cleaning, Mosquito & Algae

Do not assume an IBC tote can be made safe after chemical use. Identify its complete history, consult the chemical data, and use approved professional handling.

Protect a water tank from freezing with insulation, shelter, buried lines, safely designed heat, circulation, drainage, and adequate expansion space.

Cover a tank hole with a repair compatible with its material, liquid, pressure, and opening size. Learn when a bulkhead, welded patch, or replacement is safer.

Keep rainwater suitable for drinking through clean catchment, first flush, protected storage, staged treatment, disinfection, testing, and strict maintenance.

Prevent stagnant rain-barrel water with clean catchment, screened storage, cool shade, regular turnover, sediment removal, safe overflow, and cleaning.

Keep algae out of a water tank by blocking light, screening openings, limiting debris, maintaining turnover, cleaning sediment, and treating water as needed.

Seal a leaking water tank by locating the defect, lowering water safely, preparing the surface, and using a material-compatible fitting, weld, patch, or sealant.

Prevent tank algae by excluding sunlight, sealing and screening openings, reducing nutrients, removing sediment, maintaining turnover, and using suitable treatment.

Keep rain-barrel water fresher by excluding light, debris, insects, and animals; maintaining turnover and overflow; removing sediment; and cleaning routinely.

You cannot identify bacteria in water by sight, smell, taste, or a TDS meter. Learn how proper sampling and accredited microbial testing confirm contamination.