Category Archives: Coatings

Novasafe

Novasafe: A Ceramic NOVALAC Epoxy for Extreme Wastewater Environments

 By: William Seawell, Induron Protective Coatings Technical Service Manager

NovasafeWater and wastewater treatment plant owners, operators, and engineers are under more pressure than ever to protect our national water infrastructure. In a period of increased influent volume, more chemically extreme influent, and increasing regulatory pressure, there is an increasing need for longer immersion coating service lives. The aforementioned factors are also responsible for a marked increase in instances of particularly extreme chemical environments encountered in treatment plants. Continue reading Novasafe: A Ceramic NOVALAC Epoxy for Extreme Wastewater Environments

Portage, MI Tank Rehabilitation Project

Portage, MI Elevated Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project

By: Rob Burckley, Induron Technical Sales & Service Manager

Portage, MI Tank Rehabilitation Project

Committed to ensuring its community has reliable and safe water supply, the City of Portage, MI launched a rehabilitation project on an integral component of its water supply infrastructure–a 750,000-gallon toro ellipse leg water tank. Over time, tanks can deteriorate due to various factors, necessitating rehabilitation efforts to maintain their functionality and efficiency. Continue reading Portage, MI Elevated Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation Project

Coatings are NOT a Commodity

By: Andy Odorzynski, Induron National Sales Manager

I spend the vast majority of my time speaking with clients who are preparing to make 6-figure coatings purchases and attempting to weigh their options. It’s common for the people in these buying/specifying roles to seek parity among suppliers–to create an “apples-to-apples” comparison between multiple products/companies. This journey inevitably leads to commodity thinking: the belief that what’s inside the can is all the same, so it doesn’t really matter.  Continue reading Coatings are NOT a Commodity

Main floor overview showing the diverse coatings needed in a new facility: Drywall, CMU, Structural Steel & Decking and Concrete Floors

A Coatings Solution for Ralls County Water Treatment Plant

By: Paul Powers, Mid-Central Regional Manager for Induron Protective Coatings

Main floor overview showing the diverse coatings needed in a new facility: Drywall, CMU, Structural Steel & Decking and Concrete Floors
Main floor overview showing the diverse coatings needed in a new facility: Drywall, CMU, Structural Steel & Decking and Concrete Floors

In order to better serve its surrounding community, Ralls County in Hannibal, Missouri planned to construct a new water treatment plant. Klingner and Associates, a multi-office engineering group in the midwest, was awarded the challenge to design the new facility. Continue reading A Coatings Solution for Ralls County Water Treatment Plant

T&D Corrosion Solutions in South America

By: Ben Rowland, Induron T&D Sales

In October of 2023, I returned to Brazil to see how Induron could help some of the largest power utilities in not only Brazil, but all of South America. With some added stateside support from a former Induron employee, Dick Belliveau, we traveled throughout Brazil to see job sites, meet with engineers and give presentations.  Continue reading T&D Corrosion Solutions in South America

Restoring the Caseyville, IL Wastewater Treatment Plant

By: Paul Powers, Induron Regional Sales Manager

During the summer of 2022, the coatings protecting the City of Caseyville, Illinois’ Wastewater Treatment Plant assets reached their performance life expectancy. The protective coatings on the critical infrastructure substrates were spent, worn and some assets were beginning to show signs of corrosion. The City of Caseyville hired Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc. as the engineer on the project, Bazan Painting Co. as the coatings contractor, and Induron Protective Coatings as the coating supplier.  Continue reading Restoring the Caseyville, IL Wastewater Treatment Plant

A Coatings Solution for a New Elevated Tank in Frankford, DE

By: Steve Freed, Induron Regional Sales Manager

Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) recently manufactured and installed a new 1-million-gallon elevated tank for Tidewater Utilities, Inc. in Frankford, Delaware. Beacon Engineering was selected as the specifying engineer on the project, and Mumford Bjorkman Associates performed the inspection.  Continue reading A Coatings Solution for a New Elevated Tank in Frankford, DE

Recoating Peotone’s Pedosphere Tank

Recoating Peotone’s Pedosphere Tank

By: Rob Burckley, Induron Sales Representative

The original coating on Peotone, Illinois’s  250,000-gallon pedosphere tank had reached the end of its lifecycle. The tank owner, Aqua Illinois, involved Dixon Engineering as the engineer on the project, Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group as the general contractor, Semper Fi Industrial coatings as the paint contractor, and Induron Protective Coatings as the coatings manufacturer. Continue reading Recoating Peotone’s Pedosphere Tank