Rainwater harvesting tank at a Swedish bus depot allows for collecting rainwater from the garage roof to reuse to wash buses
The Challenge
With environmental values and sustainability top of mind for private and public sector companies alike, the municipal traffic company in Sweden looked for sustainability-friendly solutions for handling their bus cleaning and maintenance regime in a more environmentally friendly way.
Regular maintenance and washing of a large fleet of vehicles such as buses creates quite large and consistent demand for water, increasing water consumption and environmental impact.
Could the company increase their water resource provision sustainably without increasing their water consumption?
The Solution
Rainwater harvesting using water tanks posed a viable and sustainable solution for the company’s needs. With ViaCon, the company was able to set up rainwater harvesting tanks, which would collect rainwater from the bus depot’s roof and surrounding hard surfaces. The rainwater could then be processed and cleaned for use as wash-water for bus cleaning needs.
Once used as bus wash-water, the water would then be processed again via a non-ViaCon tank for reuse in washing once again, leading to a truly circular water management solution.
Technical specifications
Fabricator: ViaCon Sweden, Lycksele
Size 2x17m3
Corrosion protection: Galvanised steel, with double sided HD-PE laminated coating
The ViaCon Advantage
The benefits of ViaCon’s water harvesting tank are many:
