A quick history of the water tank

For as long as human civilisation has existed, the need has also existed for a means of storing water that does not harm it, shielding it from such ambient negative influences as viruses, algae, bacteria and the accumulation of minerals. Water can be potentially contaminated in all manner of ways, necessitating the use of water tanks for various agricultural, domestic, commercial, horticultural, industrial and irrigation purposes.

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As renowned as the Staffordshire-based Tuffa is as a water tank supplier, such storage solutions have &#; of course &#; existed long before the establishment of our own company more than 20 years ago. Materials that have been used for water tanks down the centuries include wood, ceramic and stone, with some of the earliest tanks remaining in use today.

Granaries and water tanks were greatly valued by the Indus Valley Civilization in Asia from around to BC, for example, while if one fast-forwards to the Middle Ages, there was many a water tank to be found in the castles that needed them in order to withstand sieges. Meanwhile, over in Año Nuevo State Park in California, USA, can be found a wooden water tank that, having long become overgrown with ivy after its construction in , was more recently restored to functionality.

Water tanks have by no means relented in their importance in more recent times, being called upon to provide drinking water, or for such applications as fire suppression, food preparation or irrigation agriculture. Tuffa has been at the forefront of the latest innovations in water tank manufacture over the last two decades, producing strong, durable and highly functional potable water tanks, non-potable water tanks and rainwater harvesting tanks from recyclable polyethylene. We can even create a practical water tank for you from tough galvanised steel.

Investing in a water tank from the current extensive Tuffa range means taking advantage of the very latest developments in affordable water tank design. Not only are our tanks rotationally moulded as &#;one-piece&#; tanks, but they are also manufactured for maximum wall thickness at the base, where it is most required. Available capacities for a single water tank unit range from 1,350 litres to 20,000 litres, to say nothing of a generous feature set encompassing a 1&#; bottom outlet, ventilation, an inspection hatch and manway access.

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Don&#;t forget that Tuffa also can&#;t be beaten for the sheer range of optional extras that are available on a water tank, with the likes of ball float valves, calmed inlets, interlinking connections and automated pumping systems all able to be specified. It all helps to make Tuffa the only water tank supplier that you will ever need to turn to.

The concept of a vehicle to provide troops with both mobile protection and firepower was not a new one. But in the First World War, the increasing availability of the internal combustion engine, armour plate and the continuous track, as well as the problem of trench warfare, combined to facilitate the production of the tank.

The name 'tank' came from British attempts to ensure the secrecy of the new weapons under the guise of water tanks. During the First World War, Britain began the serious development of the tank. Ironically, the Royal Navy led the way with the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, establishing the Landships Committee in early .

The military combined with engineers and industrialists and by early a prototype was adopted as the design of future tanks. Britain used tanks in combat for the first time in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on 15 September .

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