Industry News: Importance of protecting drinking water

International Lining Technology would like to recognize other great work being done in the geosynthetics industry, particularly those who are making an effort to educate others about sustainability.

BTL Liners is exploring the uses of reinforced polyethylene material as liner materials. We follow their blog and stumbled upon a great blog post from January about “Secondary Containment Liners to Protect Drinking Water.”

The writer dives into reasons why use of secondary containment liners is crucial to protect groundwater and other water sources from contamination from oil and chemical spills. If you have a few minutes, head on over to read the rest of the article.

In other related news:

• The XR Geomembranes Blog tackles the issue of safe drinking water in light of the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.
• A look into sprayed-applied liner to a 200-foot stretch of an ancient stormwater collection line in Guangzhou, China

International Lining Technology is one of the nation’s leading geosynthetics and geomembrane contractors, and we offer pond, pit, pad and canal lining services.