What is Water tank?
[[File:Cultured Life 10.jpg|thumb|A Jojo tank holding fresh water pumped from the Olifants river in [[South Africa]].]] A '''water tank''' is a [[container]] for storing water.<ref>B.C. Punmia; Ashok Kumar Jain; Arun Kumar Jain, ''Comprehensive Rcc.Designs'', Eighth Edition (New Delhi: Laxmi Publications, 1998), p. 533</ref> The need for water tanks is as old as [[civilization]].<ref>Dilip Kumar Majumdar, ''Irrigation Water Management: Principles and Practice'' (New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India, 2004), p. 1</ref> Tanks were used to provide storage of water for use in many applications, [[drinking water]], [[irrigation]] agriculture, [[fire]] suppression, [[agricultural]] farming, both for plants and livestock, [[chemical]] manufacturing, [[food preparation]] as well as many other uses. [[Water]] tank parameters include the general design of the tank, and choice of construction materials, linings. Various materials are used for making a water tank: [[plastics]] ([[polyethylene]], [[polypropylene]]), [[fiberglass]], [[concrete]], [[Rock (geology)|stone]], [[steel]] (welded or bolted, carbon, or stainless). Earthen pots also function as water storages. Water tanks are an efficient way to help developing countries to store clean water. In the 1980s, high density polyethylene [[Rotational molding|rotationally molded]] water tanks became popular for home water storage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.watertanks.com/corrugated-tanks-history |title=A Condensed History of Corrugated Tanks |author=Robert A. Harasta, Jr |publisher=American Tank Company |access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> [[Gardener]]s, for [[example]], use various types of these tanks to store [[rain]] water. A [[Water tower]], usually made of metal, is a type of [[wikt:elevate|elevate]]d water tank. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Containers]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Water infrastructure]]