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Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

Grondtank

English translation:

Underground Storage Tank (UST)

Added to glossary by Mark Straver
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Oct 11, 2012 08:28
11 yrs ago
Dutch term

Grondtank

Dutch to English Tech/Engineering Engineering: Industrial Storage tanks (Chemical)
I'm looking for the specific term of a mostly-underground storage tank that is designated in Dutch only with "grondtank".

The tank is vertical, with the largest portion underground.
The tank is NOT fully underground like an underground storage silo or UST
The tank is, in context, used for the storage of chemical solvents (tanks for liquid storage)

Unfortunately, several web and context searches have note yielded any usable results. Your help is appreciated!
Note: Please US English for the translation!
Proposed translations (English)
4 partially embedded storage tank
3 partially-underground tank; ground-based tank
Change log

Oct 11, 2012 10:50: Mark Straver Created KOG entry

Discussion

Michael Beijer Oct 11, 2012:
I agree with David I would also just call it an 'underground storage tank'.
Mark Straver (asker) Oct 11, 2012:
David: magnificent! I had initially already translated it as underground tank before getting to a more detailed description, second-guessing myself.
Mark Straver (asker) Oct 11, 2012:
Unfortunately, I don't have an image. Think of a silo that has been put about 80-90% into the ground? That is what the textual description of the item suggested.
David Walker (X) Oct 11, 2012:
I don't know whether this will help but this is the quote "A tank does not have to be completely buried to be an "underground tank". According to the rules, if a tank, and any underground piping connected to the tank, has as little as 10 percent of its combined volume underground, it is considered an "underground storage tank system" and is covered by UST regulations."

See the site:

http://www.tercenter.org/pages/usts.cfm
Michael Beijer Oct 11, 2012:
image? Do you perhaps have an image of one?

Proposed translations

13 mins

partially-underground tank; ground-based tank

Not quite sure, but this might be a solution here.
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23 mins

partially embedded storage tank

See, for example section C.19.2.4. in this document
http://www.schweinfurt.army.mil/directorates/dpw/documents/1...

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Note added at 27 mins (2012-10-11 08:55:41 GMT)
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This document calls them partly embedded (page 7). Much of a muchness, I would say but choose whichever sounds more American to you:
http://www.epa.ie/downloads/advice/general/materials storage...

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Note added at 39 mins (2012-10-11 09:07:53 GMT)
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See also the following document
http://www.wiesbaden.army.mil/sites/directorates/environment...
where you should click on the heading "Underground Storage Tanks" in the right hand column at the top to reveal the following definition:

•An underground storage tank is any tank wholly or partially embedded in the ground, including underground piping, used to contain POL products or hazardous substances. Criteria to control and abate pollution resulting from POLs and hazardous substances are described in various regulations.
•In order to ensure that USTs are not leaking and components of them are working as specified, monitoring system have been installed on most USTs.


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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:23:48 GMT)
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The above answer assumes that, as per your question above, you need to differentiate the type of underground storage tank in this translation form underground storage tanks in general as being of the partially embedded variety.

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Note added at 55 mins (2012-10-11 09:24:14 GMT)
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Typo form should be from.
Note from asker:
No distinction needs to be made specifically in the context - a description is provided for the term in Dutch (hence my question if there was a different term). It was my assumption that UTS would only apply to completely below-ground installations; I was mistaken there.
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