ECTC members ‘cover’ geosynthetic applications with TRMs

July 1, 2024  |  ECTC News

The Erosion Control Technology Council (ECTC) is a leading industry organization home to top manufacturers of erosion and sediment control products, component suppliers, material distributors and test laboratories. Several members of ECTC either manufacture, distribute, test, provide components for …
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Color, color comparison and color fastness of geomembranes

July 1, 2024  |  GSI News

The Geosynthetic Institute is developing a new geomembrane specification for colored polyethylene geomembranes. It is called GRI Standard GM-39 “Standard Test Method for Determining the Color, Color Comparison and Colorfastness of Geomembranes.” This method is needed to access color difference a…
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Koerner announces GSI ascendancy plan

July 1, 2024  |  GSI News

One of the big announcements at the 5th Pan-American Conference On Geosynthetics (GeoAmericas 2024) in Toronto came from George Koerner who announced that he is stepping down as director of the Geosynthetics Institute (GSI) but is not retiring in 2025. “I’m transitioning but certainly not ending…
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Enhanced water storage in onshore gas production facility

July 1, 2024  |  Final Inspection

The second of three mega-scale Concept Tanks™ was installed at an onshore natural gas production facility to provide additional produced water storage. The hyper-saline water is a byproduct of gas operations and requires a high level of containment to prevent contamination of the surrounding envir…
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