Latest Technical Guides
Please find below ATCM Technical guides providing advice as to the design requirements of tanks and cisterns. You can use the search bar below.
Cistern Inlet Calculations
For Type AF or AG Water Regulation compliant Air Gaps for Multiple Inlets to a Cistern or Tank A Cistern or Tank used for potable water storage within England and Wales [...]
A Guidance Statement on Cistern and Tank Maintenance
A Cistern or Tank used for potable water storage within England and Wales requires compliance with the requirements of Schedule 2, Section 16 of the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999. Similar [...]
Health and Safety Recommendations Sectional Tank – Design and Specification
Tank Design Tank Components 1. Internal Ladder 6. [...]
Replace or Refurbish a Water Tank?
A considered opinion from the ATCM Complete replacement is the most appropriate and positive resolve for a tank that is not structurally sound. A tank requiring repair and considered to be [...]
ATCM Group Sectional Tank Specification
GRP Sectional Tanks shall meet the requirements of BS EN 13280:2001 "Glass fibre reinforced plastic cisterns for cold water storage". The tank, together with its components shall be WRAS approved. The tank [...]
Important Notes – Sectional Tanks
Essential information for the Site Engineer aimed at assisting the planning of a project and to anticipate and avoid potential on-site problems Sectional Tanks THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CUSTOMERS’ RESPONSIBILITY (unless [...]
Advisory Notes – One Piece Tanks
Essential information for the Customer aimed at assisting the planning of a project and to anticipate and avoid potential on-site problems One Piece Tanks THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CUSTOMERS’ RESPONSIBILITY (unless [...]
Type AB Air Gaps
Type AB Air Gaps - Practical Examples This article is aimed at clarifying regulation requirements of Type ‘AB’ Air Gaps and the new thinking by the Water Companies in their practical [...]
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