Leaking Underground Storage Tanks
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Description: A comprehensive introduction to the environmental aspects of underground storage of petroleum products. From Boulder, Colorado.
Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Leaking Underground Storage Tanks For more information, contact Joe Ryan via The boom in automobile sales following World War II was closely followed by the construction of thousands of gasoline stations across the country. At these new stations, bare steel tanks were installed underground to store gasoline. The average life expectancy of a steel tank was 30 to 50 years depending on the rate of corrosion of the steel. Since the early 1980s, corrosion of steel tanks, along with faulty installation and operation, have resulted in nearly ubiquitous groundwater contamination by gasoline. Because nearly half of all Americans depend on groundwater for their drinking water (
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