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No.	Case Study Summary
001	Denver Water Board: Two-year Inspection Shows Amazing Results Highlights: In 1997 the Denver Water Board joined forces with Northwest Pipe and Madison to resolve a problem at Lake Marston, a huge man-made reservoir. Every year, towards the end of the summer, customers in Southwest Denver complained that their drinking water (yielded from Marston reservoir) smelled "foul" and tasted terrible... Product: CorroPipe II PW
003	Maljamar, New Mexico Gas Pipeline Project Highlights: Another successful application of CorroPipe pipeline coatings. CorroPipe II TX polyurethane pipeline coating is being used to prevent corrosion and protect over 4.5 miles of 6" steel pipe... Product: CorroPipe II TX
006	Potable Water Tanks for the Alaskan Oil Spill Highlights: As a result of the March, 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in the Alaskan Gulf, Anchorage Tank and Welding was subcontracted to build 40 on-board potable water tanks for use on clean-up ships. Anchorage Tank chose Madison's CorroCote II PW to line the tanks because of its many unique performance and handling characteristics... Product: CorroCote II PW
008	CorroCote II PW Saves Concrete Tank Highlights: In January of 1990 the City of Eagle Pass, Texas acquired and filled a new concrete water tank. To their horror, they discovered the tank leaked so profusely it was unusable. Engineering firm Groves and Associates recommended Madison's CorroCote II PW, a 100% solids polyurethane, to solve the problem... Product: CorroPipe II PW
009	Polyeurethane Protected Sheet Pilings Outperform Coal Tar Highlights: Madison's 100% solids polyurethane coating dramatically outperformed a coal tar epoxy system in protecting steel pilings at the Trident Submarine Base in King's Bay, Georgia over a five-year period... Product: CorroCote II Classic
010	Tank Rehab in Vienna Highlights: Using common duct tape and CorroCote II PW polyurethane coating, the City of Vienna, West Virginia, rehabilitated a water treatment tank that was in danger of being scrapped, and saved close to $60,000... Product: CorroCote II PW
014	111 Years Design Life Highlights: In 1991 the City of San Diego, California embarked on Phase I of the Fiesta Island Replacement Project, involving six miles of polyurethane-coated ductile iron pipe. Testing two years later reported that, with Madison's CorroPipe II TX-15 coating and sacrificial magnesium anodes used to protect the 12-inch diameter pipeline, the system will last 111 years... Product: CorroPipe II TX-15
018	Not a Walk in the Park Highlights: Madison Chemical's employees will go to the depths of the earth to make sure our coatings perform. Cobb County, Georgia sewer line inspection six years after coating with Madison's polyurethane coating proves excellent performance... Product: CorroPipe II TX
020	Hampton Roads "Sticks" with Polyurethane Highlights: Hampton Roads Sanitation District of Virginia Beach, Virginia, was one of the first utilities in North America to use Madison's polyurethane coatings to protect ductile iron pipe internals against aggressive sewage and microbial-induced corrosion. The district continues to be one of the largest municipal users of Madison polyurethanes... Product: CorroPipe II TX
021	Barrick Strikes Gold!! Highlights: Barrick GoldStrike Mines found more than just a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow with Madison's 100% solids polyurethane CorroPipe II UltraLiner... Product: CorroPipe II UltraLiner
023	Still Looking Great After Five Years Highlights: The Port of New Orleans chose Madison's CorroPipe II TX-15 for corrosion protection of the steel pipe pilings for their Nashville Wharf B project. Evaluation after five years of service life proved Madison's polyurethane coating is performing superbly... Product: CorroPipe II TX-15
024	From North to South Pole, AcrylaThane has Seen it All Highlights: From fuelling depots in the Arctic Ocean to research stations at the South Pole and all points in between, Madison's high-solids aliphatic polyurethane is rapidly becoming the standard for external coating of above-ground tanks and other steel structures... Product: AcrylaThane
025	A "Mile-High" Coating Relationship Highlights: Colorado's Thompson Pipe & Steel Company (subsidiary of Northwest Pipe Company) solves corrosion problems and increases market presence with the addition of Madison's proven polyurethane coatings... Products: CorroCote II PW and CorroPipe II TX-15
026	Zero Failures in 1.5 Million Square Feet of Water Tank Lining Highlights: Abu Dhabi's Water and Electricity Department (WED) experienced a number of water tank lining failures prior to 1990. Between 1990 and 1993 WED lined 16 new and rehabilitated water storage tanks using Madison's CorroCote II PW. Rigorous examinations over the years prove the coating easily withstands the combination of hot desalinated/deionized water in the tanks and high desert air temperatures outside. Life expectancy of the lining system is estimated at 30 to 50 years... Product: CorroCote II PW
027	I Can't See the Difference... Can You See the Difference? Highlights: After years of service storing fuel for the City of Vandalia, Ohio's municipal vehicles, 10,000-gallon steel Fireguard tanks protected with Madison's AcrylaThane aliphatic polyurethane coating look almost as good as the day they were delivered... Product: AcrylaThane
028	20 Years, 200 Million Square Feet and ZERO Failures Highlights: The Steel Tank Institute of Lake Zurich, Illinois reported the registration and installation of over 250,000 STI-P3� underground steel fuel storage tanks by January of 1998. STI-P3� tanks utilize a pre-engineered anti-corrosion system involving isolating bushings, cathodic protection and an approved tank coating. These tanks involve approximately 200 million square feet of steel, and over 70% of that area is coated with Madison's CorroCote II... Product: CorroCote II
029	Fastest-Growing Underground Tank Technology Highlights: In August, 1999, the Steel Tank Institute reported that approximately 2500 ACT-100-U� tanks were registered since the technology's first approval 18 months earlier. This rapid rate of growth makes the ACT-100-U� the fastest-growing underground tank technology in America. The vast majority of these ACT-100-U� tanks have been made with Madison Chemical's FibreThane polyurethane cladding technology. The EPA recognizes FibreThane, in its cured state, as an inert plastic that will not contaminate ground water or soil in any way... Product: FibreThane
032	It Looks as Good as New Highlights: The Brooklin, Ontario water tower was in poor condition before Engineered Coatings Ltd. (ECL) and Madison got involved. Portions of the tank were corroded andleaking due to severe pitting. ECL se to work using Madison's Corrocote II PW, which can be built-up to any desired thickness - important when applying over damaged steel surfaces. After interior and exterior coating, the tank looked and performed like new... Product: CorroCote II PW
033	If We Can Make it There... We'll Make it Anywhere Highlights: New York State Dept. of Transportation widened Manhattan's West Side Highway along the Hudson River and installed a new steel water main. New York City's Dept. of Design and Construction indicated Madison's CorroPipe II PW is one of three acceptable lining solutions for the new pipe. Pipe manufacturer L.B. Foster selected CorroPipe II PW, and roughly a mile of 48" and 36" steel pipe was coated for the project... Product: CorroPipe II PW
034	Just for the Record Highlights: Madison plays a part in world record history, supplying CorroPipe II TX-15 and CorroPipe II PW to coat the world's largest directionally drilled steel pipeline - the mammoth Lake Texana to Corpus Christi Water Pipeline in Corpus Christi, Texas. The steel pipe had the largest outer diameter and longest length of any directionally drilled steel pipe ever... Products: CorroPipe II TX-15 and CorroPipe II PW
036	Don't Bet Your SBR!! Five-year Inspection Shows 100% Solids Polyurethane Coatings Beat Corrosion Odds Highlights: The Chukchansi-Mono Native Americans who operate the Table Mountain Casino in the foothills of California's Sierra Mountains refuse to take any risks when it comes to protecting their investment. Inspection of the Table Mountain wastewater treatment plant corrosion protection system revealed that internal and external surfaces of the mild steel sequencing batch reactor (SBR) units are in excellent condition five years after coating with 16 mils of Madison's CorroCote Plus... Product: CorroCote Plus
037	Town of Bluefield Invests in the Future Highlights: When the small, scenic town of Bluefield, Virginia decided to rehabilitate the 500,000 gallon ground storage water tank, they demanded a protective coating system with a proven, superior performance record. An interior coating of Madison's CorroCote II PW, NSF 61 listed 100% solids polyurethane, and exterior coating of AcrylaThane 85 high-solids aliphatic polyurethane helped complete the rehabilitation in record time under adverse temperatures and recoating restrictions... Products: CorroCote II PW and AcrylaThane 85
038	The Gold Standard in Pipe Coatings Highlights: Newmont Gold, in a joint venture with the Japanese Sumitomi Corporation, constructed the Batu Hijau project on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, off the coast of Bali. This open-cut mine is designed to extract gold, copper and silver for the next 20 years. Corrosion prevention for the huge pipeline that would carry seawater inland for the mining process was a critical design consideration. Northwest Pipe of Portland, Oregon supplied over five miles of 54-inch diameter steel pipe for the project, coated in their plant with 40 mils (almost twice typical thickness) of Madison's CorroPipe II UltraLiner to protect against highly corrosive seawater and the abrasive effects of sand... Product: CorroPipe II UltraLiner
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