Bushman’s Tanks Just Got TOUGHER With Sunsmart® Technology - 28/03/2013

Australia has some of the harshest climatic conditions in terms of sun and hot temperatures in the world. This fact coupled with talking to our customers and working with our suppliers has lead Bushmans to pursuing opportunities to improve our products so they last in these conditions. Bushmans has now released an improved range of tanks, called SUNTOUGH > more

Storm Water Tanks

Stormwater Management

Storm water management is becoming a more important issue to manage where local and state governments are specifying that owners and tenants catch and manage the runoff water coming from their site. Stormwater run off includes rain water from both buildings and hard stand areas. The storage of the storm water will depend on the type and level of contamiation of run off water. This will then determine the type and design of your tank and associated equipment. As an example the level of impurities and pollution in the runoff water may determine if water needs to be treated before it is released into the storm water system. If the site is a commercial or industrial facility often hard stand areas will generally be required to catch storm water to store and slow down this runoff water before being released to the stormwater system.

Retention and detention tanks are often required to be installed by councils to manage this water runoff.

Detention Tank

Detention tanks are designed to hold water for a short period of time and then slowly release it back into the stormwater system following a storm event. The primary goal of these tanks is to act as a support system to the drainage infrastructure by overcoming capacity constraints in the drainage system.

Single Detention Tank

Bushmans Detention tank comes standard with:

Inlet leaf strainer, with mosquito proof wire mesh
90mm overflow

Multiple Detention Tank Arrangement

Bushmans Detention tank comes standard with:

Inlet leaf strainer, with mosquito proof wire mesh
90mm overflow

Retention Tank

Retention tanks are built and designed to store water and slowly release part of the stored water into the storm water system. This is effectively a tank that is partly used to store water long term and partly used for tempory storage. These are ideal for use around the factory, warehouse or yard.

This water stored is ideally used around the site for operations within the factory, for watering gardens or for washing vehicles or other onsite equipment. A Retention tank has the dual purpose of providing water storage and to allow the slow release of runoff water into the stormwater system. An example is a 46,400 litre tank could hold 23,200 litres of water for ongoing on site, with 23,200 litres of storage allowed to be available for slow release into stormwater drainage system. This tank is designed with fittings that facilitate both retention and detention applications.