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Finished Drinking Water Storage Tanks

This revised presentation by Bob Clement, Microbiologist EPA Region 8, discusses the significance of breaches to vents, drains, overflows, and other locations on finished water storage tanks.

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Finished Drinking Water Storage Tanks (PDF)(280 pp, 23 MB, 08/19/2019)