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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. 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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