{"id":988,"date":"2018-09-26T17:20:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T17:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/finished-water-storage-and-quality-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:22:10","slug":"finished-water-storage-and-quality-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/finished-water-storage-and-quality-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Finished Water Storage and Quality Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
Quick Answer:<\/strong> Finished water storage tanks? They’re a big, often overlooked weak spot in city water systems. Things like stagnant water, disinfectant wearing off, and biofilm forming can really mess with water quality between the treatment plant and your tap. So, you need to actively manage them with regular flushing, mixing, and checking disinfectant levels.<\/div>\n

\\\\n\\\\nBy Kelly A. Reynolds, MSPH, PhD<\/em><\/strong>\\\\n\\\\nYour city’s drinking water\u00a0Distribution System\\\\n<\/p>\n

The network of pipes leading from a treatment plant to customers’ plumbing systems.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>distribution system\\\\n\\\\nis a super complicated network. It’s built to get enough\u00a0Potable water\\\\n<\/p>\n

Water that is safe for drinking and cooking; water of a quality suitable for drinking Water which is considered safe and fit for human consumption, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the health authority having jurisdiction.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>potable water\\\\n\\\\nto everyone in the community. We’ve seen tons of talk about keeping the\u00a0Distribution System\\\\n<\/p>\n

The network of pipes leading from a treatment plant to customers’ plumbing systems.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>distribution system\\\\n\\\\nrunning well and delivering safe, consistent water. Things like needing better infrastructure, quick fixes for pipe breaks and leaks, controlling\u00a0Biofilm\\\\n<\/p>\n

A population of various micro organisms, in a layer of slime and excretion products, attached to a surface such as that inside a water storage vessel. Also known as biological film or microbial film, the construction of the layer may offer protection to bacteria within the film against the action of sanitizers and disinfectants.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>biofilm\\\\n\\\\n, and stopping intrusions, dead ends, and pressure drops are common\u00a0Water quality\\\\n<\/p>\n

The condition of water with respect to the amount of impurities in it.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>water quality\\\\n\\\\nheadaches. But what about storing\u00a0Safe water\\\\n<\/p>\n

Water that does not contain harmful bacteria, toxic materials, or chemicals, and is considered safe for drinking.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>safe water\\\\n\\\\nbefore it even gets delivered? We don’t talk about that as much. Even with industry standards and guidelines in place, keeping\u00a0Water quality\\\\n<\/p>\n

The condition of water with respect to the amount of impurities in it.<\/div>\n

\\\\n”>water quality\\\\n\\\\ngood over long storage times adds extra challenges and unknowns for you, the end user.\\\\n\\\\nhttp:\/\/www.wcponline.com\/2018\/09\/15\/finished-water-storage-quality-concerns\/\\\\n\\\\nThe post Finished Water Storage and Quality Concerns<\/a> appeared first on Facts About Water<\/a>.\\\\n\\\\nSource: Water Feed\\n<\/p>\n

Related reading: DETERIORATION OF WATER QUALITY BY STAGNATION IN STORAGE TANKS<\/a>, Enrichment of free-living amoebae in biofilms developed at upper water levels in drinking water storage towers: An inter- and intra-seasonal study<\/a>, Do you know how Ferrero Rocher Provides you the best quality chocolates?<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

control and preventing intrusion events, dead legs and pressure losses, are just some of the prevalent\u00a0Water quality<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-filter","category-water-treatment","tag-ro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88832,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988\/revisions\/88832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ampac1.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}