Keep in mind I was servicing over 75 locations and each had at least 3 tanks.
The most common way for water to get into the tanks was through the fill ports that the fuel delivery drivers filled the tanks with.
Seals could go bad, or the driver could forget to close a lid 100% of the way. Couple that with high water from rains and you’d typically get a high water alarm.
I think our system was setup to alarm if there were more than 3 or 4 gallons in a tank. These tanks are enormous. I don’t remember the capacity but they had many thousands of gallons of fuel.
Water goes to the bottom of the tank naturally and sets off an alarm. This alarm also stops the pump from running.
We’d call out a vacuum truck to pump the bottom of the tank (usually this cost A LOT of money. $1000 for 15 minutes of work)
Then we’d fix the entry point where water came in. If the alarm cleared on the system, we could turn the pump back on.
Yes this is a thing and happens semi-often.
Keep in mind I was servicing over 75 locations and each had at least 3 tanks.
The most common way for water to get into the tanks was through the fill ports that the fuel delivery drivers filled the tanks with.
Seals could go bad, or the driver could forget to close a lid 100% of the way. Couple that with high water from rains and you’d typically get a high water alarm.
I think our system was setup to alarm if there were more than 3 or 4 gallons in a tank. These tanks are enormous. I don’t remember the capacity but they had many thousands of gallons of fuel.
Water goes to the bottom of the tank naturally and sets off an alarm. This alarm also stops the pump from running.
We’d call out a vacuum truck to pump the bottom of the tank (usually this cost A LOT of money. $1000 for 15 minutes of work)
Then we’d fix the entry point where water came in. If the alarm cleared on the system, we could turn the pump back on.