Wednesday, 22 July 2015 05:30

Synthetic pond liner with good pedigree

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Geotough EPDM has superior resistance to UV, ozone and weathering.

With pressure on farmers to tidy up their act in effluent handling, Viking Containment’s timing in introducing a new liner for storage ponds or lagoons couldn’t have been better.

Geotough EPDM, a synthetic rubber membrane, has superior resistance to UV, ozone and weathering, a 50 year performance history and a 20 year warranty.

The product has excellent lay-flat and elongation properties that give it flexibility for laying over difficult substrates. It also passes J-tear tests (ASTM D-624) for easy fixing around protrusions.

The product is made in the US by Carlisle Syntec, who led the development of single ply EPDM in the 1960s; they have since done 200,000 installations adding up to a staggering 1.1 billion m² of membrane.

Viking Containment can provide a list of approved installation contractors.

Tel. 03 335 -0167

www.containment.co.nz

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