Water & Wastewater

Stop the Promotion of Corrosion

Nothing eliminates corrosion and prepares steel and cementitious substrates like Sponge-Jet. Whether by its two-part cleaning/profiling process, its ability to reduce harmful abrasive rebound, or its built-in dust-suppressing characteristics, corrosion professionals around the world who want to get it right the first time and without collateral damage to surrounding assets use Sponge-Jet.

Getting it right means high-quality, clean substrates that can maximize protective coating life, and reduce repetitive and costly maintenance cycles. On your next job, contain and compartmentalize surface preparation operations and reduce interruption to surrounding trades and other critical water/waste processing.

Use Sponge-Jet on:

  • Interior/Exterior pipes, tanks, walls and ceilings
  • Clarifier tanks, weirs, racks and catwalks
  • Pretreatment, secondary treatment, and primary treatment areas
  • Pump stations
  • Digestor covers, aeration basins, filter trains, water channels and biological reactors
  • Cleaning basins (e.g. flocculation, sand, aeration, pre-sedimentation and sedimentation)
  • Wood

Don’t wait to try Sponge-Jet on your next project. It could yield faster turnaround, longer lasting coatings and less headaches compared to ordinary abrasives.

Features & Benefits

  • Remove surface contaminants, rust and (lead-based) industrial coatings
  • Maximize protective coating life to extend asset life
  • Reduce downtime, accelerating surface-prep and coating operations
  • Complete other maintenance work during Sponge Blasting
  • Reduce costs compared to conventional surface preparation
  • Blast near sensitive equipment or adjacent coatings without harm

  • Tank Preparation in Chevron Water Treatment Plant

    Sponge-Jet was used for low dust surface preparation in water softener tanks at Chevron after officials reported unacceptable levels of dust (causing electronic reading malfunctions) caused by ordinary abrasives.

  • Removing Lead Paint from Toa Baja Water Tank

    With risk of environmental contamination and health and safety, Sponge-Jet successfully helped remediate failing lead paint on the exterior of Toa Baja water tank with a public library and school on one side and a church on the other.

  • Pipe Restoration at Northshore Water Treatment Plant

    Severe pipe coating failure in the digester building. Sponge-Jet removed failed top-coat and coal tar base with no shut down permitted and 24/7 operation; NACE quality assurance inspector approved, with more work to follow.

  • Lafayette Utilities System Water Plant uses Sponge-Jet on Pipe Network

    Sponge-Jet was used on exterior water pipes to remove failed coating system and was uniquely qualified where the pipe network had sensitive meters and gauges; concern with grit intrusion was expressed and remained a nonissue. One engineer responded, "moving forward LUS has mandated that contractors use Sponge-Jet for upcoming... projects."

  • Lead Remediation from Concrete Walls at Queens Borough Waste Water Treatment Plant

    Sponge-Jet is commonly used for lead paint abatement and while doing so, it helps better contain dust. Four Silver Star Painting stripped 200,000 ft² of toxic lead paint during the day - and without shutting down operations.

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Resources

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Resources

  • Water and Waste Water Application Index

    PDF overview details how Sponge-Jet low-dust, low-rebound surface prep drastically reduces shutdown …

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  • Centerfugal Water Pump Repair

    Sponge-Jet was recently used to remove paint and corrosion on three centrifugal water pumps; Sponge-…

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  • Louisiana Water Plant Case History

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