Every steel water storage tank, standpipe or reservoir should be carefully inspected
prior to repair and/or repainting and at any time when leakage or some other apparent
deterioration is observed. In any event, all water tanks should be thoroughly inspected at
intervals of not more than five...
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Every steel water storage tank, standpipe or reservoir should be carefully inspected
prior to repair and/or repainting and at any time when leakage or some other apparent
deterioration is observed. In any event, all water tanks should be thoroughly inspected at
intervals of not more than five years. The standard for painting steel water storage tanks,
AWWA D102, includes as an option a first anniversary inspection to be performed by the
tank painting contractor. Also, the Foreword suggests that defective areas be repaired
annually. It is the intent of this document to define the requisite qualifications of the
inspection agency, the type of inspection to be made and the data considered essential. This standard was reaffirmed without revision Feb. 3, 1979, and Jan. 26, 1986.