Extend the Service Life of

Water Storage Tanks

Reflecting the Revised AWWA D102 Standard

17 September 2012

Protective & Marine Coatings

Agenda:
Discuss AWWA D102
Discuss OCS changes
Discuss ICS changes

AWWA D102 Purpose:

Sec. 1.1: The purpose of this standard
is to provide the minimum requirements
for coating steel water-storage tanks
including materials, coating systems,
surface preparation, application, and
inspection and testing.

AWWA D102
Revision Task Force (RTF)
Revise and Update
Existing Standard
Discuss changes to
improve the
Standard
Have a 3 year
revision goal

Added 2 new coating

systems in 2006 (ICS
No. 4 & OCS No. 4) and
Preconstruction Primer
Added new Exterior
System in 2011: OCS
No. 7 and revised
Interior System in 2011:
ICS No. 3

Preconstruction Primer (2006)

Section 4.4.1.2
a fully compatible preconstruction primer may
be shop applied. Most of these primers are
formulated and tested for compatibility with the weld
processes so that they may be applied edge to edge
without weld margins Preconstruction primers
used on interior surfaces shall have been tested
and certified for potable water contact in accordance
with NSF / ANSI 61, Drinking Water System
Components-Health Effects, by an ANSI-accredited
laboratory.

Performance Based Examples

of Revisions
All proposed 2k exterior Polyurethanes
meet minimum SSPC Guidelines (Paint 36
Level 1) for performance-based Aliphatic
Polyurethanes in Accelerated Weathering &
Change of Color testing

OCS No. 4 - Z / U / Fl-Ur System

In 2006 AWWA D102 Revision Task
Force has added a fluorourethane
exterior coating system to the D102
Standard

OCS No. 4:
Organic Zinc-Rich Primer
2.0 mils
Aliphatic Urethane Intermediate 3.0 mils
Fluoro-Urethane Topcoat
2.0 mils

Fluoro-Urethane
This system provides gloss and color
retention exceeding that of aliphatic
polyurethane finish coats.
Applicators should be specifically
trained in the application of the Fluorourethane topcoat.

Good News:
(same OZ & Ur)

Z/ U / Fl-Ur System:
OZ / Ur / Fl Ur

FluoroUrethane
Gloss Retention

FluoroUrethane
Color Retention

Steel Tank Exterior Service Life

OCS No. 5
E/E/U
Epoxy

OCS No. 6
Z/E/U
Zinc

Intermediate

Topcoat

14 yrs*

20 yrs*

Primer

Service Life

*NACE Corrosion 2008 paper No. 08279

Moderate exterior environments

FluoroUrethanes
Look good for a long, long time.
How long? Up to 30 years, depending upon
application and tank location

Why?
The resins they
contain have very
high bond strength
(internal) and resist
deterioration from
UV light sources

Interior Steel Tank Lining Service Life

ICS No. 1
E / E = 8.0 mils
Primer

Intermediate
Topcoat
Service Life

ICS No. 2
E / E / E = 12
mils
E
E

12 yrs*

18 yrs*

*NACE Corrosion 2008 paper No. 08279

in potable water @ AWWA DFT

ICS No.3
In 2011 AWWA D102 Revision Task Group
has changed ICS No. 3 to include a 100%
solids epoxy with or without a primer!
ICS No. 3:
Primer (Optional)
100% Solids Epoxy

1.0 mil
20.0 mils

22+ year service life NACE Corrosion

2008 paper No. 08279Moderate exterior
environments

ICS No. 3
This is a one or two-coat system,
consisting of an optional two-component
epoxy primer, inorganic zinc rich primer,
or organic zinc-rich primer and a high
solids two-component epoxy topcoat.

Edge-Retentive Benefits
Edge-Retentive
(Mil-PRF-23236)

ICS No. 4 - Urea / Urethane System

In 2006 AWWA D102 Revision Task
Group has added an elastomeric
interior coating system to the D102
(Tank) Standard

ICS No. 4:
Primer (Optional)
P / PU / Hybrid

25.0 mils

ICS No. 4
This is a single coat, thick film, 100 percent
solids coating based on urea/ urethane
chemistry. This material provides increased
film build, particularly designed to handle
pitted or deteriorated steel. The thick film
properties allow flexing over bolted or
irregular weld seams.
Applicators should be specifically trained in
the application of this system.

Eliminate Rusting on Weld Seams:

100% Polyurea/Polyurethane
Remain durable for a long, long time.
How long? Up to 30 years, depending upon
application and tank location

Why?
The resins from which they are made remain
flexible and resist impact and ice-gouging

Other Coating Enhancements

to Achieve Longer Service Life

Common Areas of Corrosion

What can be done to
help stop this from
happening again?

LV

Traditional
Holiday Detection
Equipment
HV

After Coating is Cured & Solvent Free

Cannot Detect Low Film Build

Fluorescing Pigment Technology

Fluorescing Pigment Technology

Fluorescing Pigment Technology

Areas highlighted
show incomplete
coverage of topcoat

Questions?
Troy Fraebel
Sherwin-Williams Company
859.552.7027
troy.e.fraebel@sherwin.com
www.sherwin-williams.com/protective