Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Water Tanks and Their Benefits

Rectangular Water tanks
According to Wikipedia, “A water tank is a container for storing liquid. The need for a water tank is as old as civilization, to provide storage of water for use in many applications, drinking water, irrigation agriculture, fire suppression, agricultural farming, both for plants and livestock, chemical manufacturing, food preparation as well as many other uses. Water tank parameters include the general design of the tank, and choice of construction materials, linings. Various materials are used for making a water tank: plastics (polyethylene, polypropylene), fiberglass, concrete, stone, steel (welded or bolted, carbon, or stainless). Earthen pots also function as water storages. Water tanks are an efficient way to help developing countries to store clean water.”

These tanks are important and are available in different shapes such as circular, cylindrical, rectangular water tanks etc. They help you to store water for as and when necessary. Let’s go through a few irrigation benefits that you can derive from these water tanks.

  1.  This involves a reasonable cost and is a popular method of irrigation.
  2.  The level of ground water could be easily and effectively maintained.
  3.  Compared to irrigation by construction of wells, irrigation by water tanks is less expensive. Construction of well is very expensive.
  4.  Compared to the canals, the expenditure in water tanks is much less.
  5.  With the use of tanks, the water from rainfall can be stored and use for better benefits
Thus, there are many other benefits that water tanks offer. As per your needs, you can buy circular, square or rectangular water tanks. But make sure you get them from a reputable company.

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