Aboveground Storage Tank (AST)
An aboveground storage tank (AST) is a liquid storage system installed above the surface rather than underground. In industrial operations, ASTs are commonly used to store freshwater, wastewater, frac water, produced water, cooling water, process water, sludge, and other commercial liquids.
Industrial AST systems are widely used because they support large-volume storage while allowing easier inspection, monitoring, maintenance access, and temporary deployment compared to many underground systems. Many AST systems are modular, allowing capacity to scale based on project requirements.
WWS uses modular aboveground storage tanks across oil and gas, industrial wastewater, manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, construction, and infrastructure projects throughout North America.
Common AST applications include frac water storage, industrial wastewater containment, cooling water storage, sludge holding, dewatering projects, and municipal bypass operations.
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Frac Tank
A frac tank is a portable industrial storage tank used for temporary liquid storage in oilfield, industrial, wastewater, and construction operations. Frac tanks are commonly used because they can be transported quickly and integrated into larger fluid management systems.
Frac tanks may store freshwater, wastewater, produced water, flowback, sludge, process liquids, drilling fluids, or dewatering water depending on the operation. Tank selection depends on fluid type, transfer requirements, storage duration, and site conditions.
WWS provides frac tank systems for commercial and industrial applications across oil and gas, wastewater management, manufacturing, dewatering, and temporary containment projects.
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Fluid Management Infrastructure
Fluid management infrastructure refers to the systems used to store, transfer, monitor, contain, and manage industrial liquids during active operations. This infrastructure may include tanks, pumps, hoses, manifolds, liners, monitoring systems, transfer equipment, and containment systems working together as one operational setup.
Industrial fluid management infrastructure is designed to help operations move and store liquids efficiently while supporting safety, containment, uptime, and operational continuity. The complexity of the system depends on the fluid, storage volume, transfer rate, weather conditions, and site layout.
WWS supports fluid management infrastructure projects across oil and gas, industrial wastewater, manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, dewatering, and infrastructure operations.
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Industrial Wastewater Containment
Industrial wastewater containment refers to the storage, control, transfer, and management of wastewater generated during industrial or commercial operations. This may include washwater, process wastewater, sludge-containing liquids, cooling water, high-strength organic wastewater, or manufacturing wastewater.
Temporary containment systems are often used when facilities need overflow capacity, treatment staging, maintenance support, emergency storage, or temporary wastewater management during operational changes.
Industrial wastewater containment planning depends on fluid characteristics, solids content, transfer requirements, storage duration, hauling schedules, treatment capacity, and site conditions.
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Secondary Containment
Secondary containment is a backup containment system designed to help control liquid if the primary tank, hose, fitting, valve, or transfer point fails. Secondary containment may include liners, berms, double-wall systems, containment areas, or other site-specific containment controls.
Secondary containment planning is important because industrial fluid storage systems may hold large volumes of wastewater, produced water, flowback, sludge, process liquids, or other industrial fluids. Proper containment planning should account for release pathways, drainage, weather exposure, site grade, nearby infrastructure, and operational conditions.
Secondary containment systems are commonly used in oilfield operations, wastewater storage, manufacturing, dewatering, sludge handling, environmental remediation, and temporary industrial storage projects.
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Produced Water
Produced water is water that returns to the surface during oil and gas production. It may contain hydrocarbons, salts, minerals, treatment additives, and other materials depending on the formation and operation.
Produced water management often requires temporary storage, transfer, hauling, recycling, treatment, or disposal infrastructure. Storage planning may involve modular aboveground storage tanks, frac tanks, transfer systems, containment controls, and monitoring systems designed for large-volume industrial operations.
Produced water projects frequently require planning around transfer rates, weather conditions, trucking logistics, site access, and changing storage demand throughout the life of the project.
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Flowback
Flowback is the fluid that returns to the surface after hydraulic fracturing operations. Flowback may include water, sand, hydrocarbons, drilling additives, and other materials depending on the well and production conditions.
Temporary storage systems are commonly used to hold flowback before transfer, treatment, recycling, hauling, or disposal. Flowback storage projects often involve high fluid volumes, changing transfer rates, and active trucking operations.
Oilfield flowback management may require modular AST systems, frac tanks, transfer pumps, manifolds, containment systems, and remote monitoring depending on the scale of the operation.
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Manifold
A manifold is a connection system used to direct, combine, split, or control fluid movement between tanks, pumps, hoses, transfer lines, or other fluid management equipment.
Manifolds are commonly used in large-scale industrial storage systems where fluid must move between multiple tanks or transfer points. Proper manifold design can help improve operational efficiency, transfer coordination, and fluid distribution during active operations.
In temporary industrial storage environments, manifold layout should account for worker access, hose routing, truck movement, monitoring access, and trip hazard reduction.
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Transfer Pump
A transfer pump is a pump used to move liquid between tanks, transfer systems, treatment equipment, hauling systems, pipelines, or containment areas during industrial operations.
Transfer pumps play a critical role in fluid management because storage systems depend on controlled fluid movement to prevent bottlenecks, overflow conditions, and operational delays. Pump selection depends on fluid type, transfer distance, solids content, pressure requirements, flow rate, and operating conditions.
Transfer pumps are commonly used in wastewater storage, frac water operations, produced water management, sludge handling, dewatering projects, manufacturing, and temporary industrial containment systems.
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Wastewater Storage
Wastewater storage refers to the temporary or long-term holding of wastewater before treatment, hauling, disposal, reuse, recycling, or discharge under applicable requirements.
Industrial wastewater storage systems may be used during maintenance shutdowns, treatment interruptions, overflow conditions, emergency response situations, seasonal demand increases, construction projects, or temporary operational changes.
Storage planning should consider fluid characteristics, solids content, peak flow, transfer requirements, weather exposure, containment needs, hauling schedules, and available site space.
WWS supports industrial wastewater storage projects across manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, sludge handling, oil and gas, dewatering, and infrastructure operations.
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Sludge
Sludge is a semi-solid byproduct generated during wastewater treatment, industrial processing, agricultural operations, food production, or environmental remediation activities. Sludge may contain water, organic material, solids, sediment, or other residual materials depending on the source.
Sludge storage projects often require temporary containment systems because solids handling, hauling schedules, treatment timing, and storage capacity can change during operations. Storage systems may need to account for settling, pumping limitations, cleaning access, and transfer coordination.
Temporary sludge storage is commonly used in industrial wastewater operations, food processing, municipal work, agricultural wastewater management, and environmental cleanup projects.
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Modular Tank System
A modular tank system is a fluid storage setup designed to scale, expand, reduce, or adapt based on project requirements. Modular systems are commonly used in temporary industrial operations where storage needs may change over time.
Modular tank systems are widely used because they can support large-volume fluid storage while remaining flexible for transportation, deployment, expansion, and removal. Depending on the project, modular systems may include aboveground storage tanks, frac tanks, transfer pumps, manifolds, monitoring systems, liners, and secondary containment components.
Industries using modular tank systems include oil and gas, industrial wastewater management, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, food processing, and infrastructure projects.
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Open Top Flowback Tank
An open top flowback tank is a temporary industrial storage tank designed to hold flowback fluids, produced water, wastewater, or other industrial liquids during active operations.
Open top tanks are commonly used in oilfield and industrial fluid management projects where temporary high-volume storage is needed. Tank selection depends on the fluid type, transfer requirements, operating environment, site access, and storage duration.
WWS lists 900 BBL open top flow back tanks among its industrial storage offerings for commercial and industrial operations.
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Produced Water Storage
Produced water storage refers to the temporary containment and management of water generated during oil and gas production operations. Storage systems may be used before transfer, recycling, hauling, treatment, or disposal.
Produced water storage projects often involve large fluid volumes, changing transfer rates, active truck traffic, and remote operating environments. Storage planning may require modular AST systems, frac tanks, transfer pumps, manifolds, monitoring systems, and secondary containment infrastructure.
Storage requirements depend on the fluid profile, project duration, hauling schedule, weather conditions, transfer rate, and available site footprint.
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Remote Fluid Monitoring
Remote fluid monitoring refers to systems used to track fluid levels, storage capacity, transfer activity, or tank conditions without requiring continuous on-site manual inspection.
Remote monitoring systems may help operators understand available capacity, coordinate hauling schedules, monitor changing flow conditions, and reduce overflow risk during active operations. Monitoring systems are commonly integrated into large-scale industrial fluid storage and wastewater containment projects.
WWS lists integrated remote fluid monitoring systems for tanks and pits among its industrial service offerings.
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Containment Berm
A containment berm is a barrier system designed to help control and contain liquids if a spill, overflow, leak, or release occurs during industrial operations. Berm systems may be temporary or permanent depending on the project and operating environment.
Containment berms are commonly used around tanks, transfer areas, loading zones, frac systems, wastewater operations, and industrial storage infrastructure. Proper berm planning should consider site drainage, weather exposure, fluid type, surrounding infrastructure, and containment volume.
Containment berms are frequently used in oil and gas operations, wastewater containment, dewatering projects, manufacturing, sludge handling, and environmental remediation work.
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Cooling Water Storage
Cooling water storage refers to the temporary or long-term storage of water used for industrial cooling operations, equipment support, or infrastructure systems such as data centers and manufacturing facilities.
Temporary cooling water storage systems are often used during maintenance, commissioning, emergency response, construction, or infrastructure expansion projects. Storage systems may require large-volume capacity, reliable transfer systems, and continuous operational monitoring.
Cooling water projects frequently depend on uptime, transfer coordination, weather planning, and site access to maintain operational continuity.
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Dewatering Tank
A dewatering tank is a temporary storage tank used to hold groundwater, stormwater, wastewater, or sediment-laden water removed from construction sites, excavations, industrial projects, or infrastructure work.
Dewatering tanks help operations manage changing water volumes before treatment, hauling, reuse, or discharge under applicable requirements. Temporary tank systems are commonly used because dewatering conditions can shift quickly during weather events or active construction phases.
Dewatering operations often require pumps, hoses, transfer systems, sediment management, and containment planning to support safe and efficient fluid handling.
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Fluid Transfer System
A fluid transfer system is the equipment and infrastructure used to move liquids between tanks, pumps, treatment systems, pipelines, trucks, or containment areas during industrial operations.
Fluid transfer systems may include pumps, hoses, manifolds, valves, loading areas, monitoring systems, and transfer connections working together as one operational setup. Transfer planning is important because storage systems depend on controlled fluid movement to prevent bottlenecks, overflow conditions, and operational delays.
Transfer systems are widely used in oil and gas, wastewater management, manufacturing, sludge handling, dewatering, food processing, and infrastructure projects.
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Frac Water Storage
Frac water storage refers to the temporary containment and staging of water used during hydraulic fracturing operations. These projects often require large-volume storage systems capable of supporting high transfer rates and changing operational demand.
Frac water storage systems may include modular ASTs, frac tanks, transfer pumps, manifolds, hoses, monitoring systems, and secondary containment infrastructure. Storage planning should account for site access, weather, trucking logistics, transfer coordination, and available footprint.
Oilfield frac water operations frequently rely on temporary storage infrastructure because fluid demand may shift throughout drilling and completions activity.
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High-Strength Wastewater
High-strength wastewater is wastewater containing elevated levels of organic material, solids, contaminants, nutrients, or industrial byproducts compared to standard wastewater streams.
High-strength wastewater may require specialized storage, containment, hauling, treatment, or transfer planning depending on the operation. Industries such as food processing, poultry processing, agriculture, manufacturing, and industrial wastewater management commonly generate high-strength wastewater streams.
Temporary containment systems are often used when facilities need overflow capacity, maintenance support, treatment staging, or emergency wastewater storage.
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Industrial Fluid Storage
Industrial fluid storage refers to the temporary or permanent storage of liquids used or generated during industrial, commercial, infrastructure, energy, agricultural, or manufacturing operations.
Industrial storage systems may hold freshwater, wastewater, frac water, produced water, flowback, sludge, cooling water, process liquids, or dewatering water depending on the project. Storage systems are commonly designed around fluid type, storage duration, transfer rate, containment needs, and site conditions.
Industrial fluid storage infrastructure may include modular AST systems, frac tanks, pumps, manifolds, hoses, monitoring systems, and secondary containment equipment.
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Liner System
A liner system is a protective barrier used within or beneath industrial storage systems to help contain liquids and reduce the risk of fluid migration into surrounding areas.
Liner systems are commonly used in aboveground storage tanks, containment berms, frac systems, wastewater operations, sludge storage projects, and temporary industrial containment sites. Liner selection depends on the fluid type, operating conditions, storage duration, temperature exposure, and site requirements.
Liner systems are often integrated into broader containment and secondary containment planning for industrial fluid management projects.
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Modular Aboveground Storage Tank
A modular aboveground storage tank is a scalable industrial storage system designed for temporary or semi-permanent liquid storage above the surface. Modular AST systems can often expand or adapt based on project requirements.
These systems are commonly used because they support large-volume liquid storage while allowing flexible deployment, transportation, setup, expansion, and removal. Modular AST systems are widely used in oil and gas, industrial wastewater, manufacturing, agriculture, dewatering, and infrastructure operations.
WWS specializes in modular aboveground storage tank systems for industrial and commercial fluid management applications across North America.
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Process Water
Process water is water used during industrial, manufacturing, food processing, agricultural, energy, or infrastructure operations as part of production, cleaning, cooling, transfer, or operational systems.
Process water storage needs vary depending on the industry, fluid composition, operating schedule, treatment requirements, and production demands. Temporary storage systems may be used during maintenance shutdowns, construction projects, operational expansion, emergency response situations, or temporary capacity shortages.
Process water management projects often involve modular storage tanks, transfer pumps, monitoring systems, containment controls, and hauling or treatment coordination.
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Temporary Fluid Storage
Temporary fluid storage refers to short-term liquid containment used during industrial, commercial, oilfield, agricultural, wastewater, construction, or infrastructure operations. Temporary storage systems are commonly deployed when operations need flexible capacity for changing project conditions.
Temporary storage may be used for freshwater, wastewater, frac water, produced water, cooling water, sludge, flowback, process water, or dewatering operations. Storage duration may range from short-term emergency response to multi-month industrial projects.
Modular aboveground storage tanks and frac tanks are commonly used because they can be transported, deployed, expanded, and removed based on operational needs.
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Temporary Tank System
A temporary tank system is a portable fluid storage setup designed for short-term or project-based industrial operations. Temporary systems may include tanks, pumps, hoses, manifolds, monitoring systems, liners, and containment infrastructure working together as one operational system.
Temporary tank systems are commonly used when operations need flexible storage capacity during maintenance, construction, wastewater overflow events, oilfield activity, emergency response situations, or seasonal demand increases.
WWS deploys temporary tank systems across oil and gas, wastewater management, manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, dewatering, and infrastructure projects throughout North America.
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Wastewater Holding Tank
A wastewater holding tank is a storage tank used to temporarily contain wastewater before treatment, hauling, disposal, recycling, or discharge under applicable requirements.
Wastewater holding tanks are commonly used during maintenance shutdowns, treatment interruptions, overflow conditions, emergency response situations, and temporary industrial operations. Storage planning should account for fluid characteristics, solids content, storage duration, hauling schedules, and transfer requirements.
Industrial wastewater holding systems are widely used across manufacturing, food processing, agriculture, sludge handling, oil and gas, and municipal infrastructure operations.
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Water Transfer
Water transfer refers to the movement of water between storage systems, treatment systems, pipelines, trucks, frac operations, industrial facilities, or containment areas during active operations.
Water transfer projects may involve pumps, hoses, manifolds, loading areas, transfer lines, monitoring systems, and temporary storage infrastructure working together to support fluid movement. Transfer planning is important because poor transfer coordination can create bottlenecks, overflow conditions, operational delays, or safety concerns.
Water transfer operations are common in oil and gas, wastewater management, construction, dewatering, industrial manufacturing, agriculture, and infrastructure projects.
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Water Transfer System
A water transfer system is the equipment and infrastructure used to move water between tanks, transfer points, frac operations, treatment systems, industrial facilities, or containment areas.
Water transfer systems may include pumps, hoses, manifolds, valves, loading zones, monitoring systems, and transfer connections designed to support large-volume industrial fluid movement. System design depends on transfer rate, fluid type, operating conditions, transfer distance, site layout, and project scale.
Water transfer systems are commonly used in oilfield operations, industrial wastewater management, dewatering projects, construction, manufacturing, and temporary fluid storage operations.
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Produced Water Management
Produced water management refers to the storage, transfer, hauling, recycling, treatment, monitoring, and containment of water generated during oil and gas production operations.
Produced water projects often involve large fluid volumes, active truck traffic, changing transfer rates, remote operating environments, and temporary storage infrastructure. Management systems may include modular ASTs, frac tanks, pumps, manifolds, monitoring systems, hauling coordination, and secondary containment controls.
Produced water management planning should account for fluid characteristics, operational timelines, transfer requirements, site access, weather conditions, and available storage capacity.
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Flowback Water Storage
Flowback water storage refers to the temporary containment of fluids returning to the surface after hydraulic fracturing operations. Storage systems are commonly used before transfer, treatment, recycling, hauling, or disposal.
Flowback storage operations often involve large-volume temporary storage systems, active transfer infrastructure, trucking logistics, and changing operational conditions. Storage planning may include modular AST systems, frac tanks, pumps, manifolds, remote monitoring systems, and secondary containment infrastructure.
Oilfield flowback storage projects commonly require planning around transfer timing, peak flow, weather exposure, access roads, and site layout.
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Industrial Wastewater Storage Tank
An industrial wastewater storage tank is a tank system used to temporarily or permanently hold wastewater generated during industrial or commercial operations.
Industrial wastewater storage tanks may contain washwater, process wastewater, sludge-containing liquids, cooling water, agricultural wastewater, or manufacturing wastewater depending on the operation. Storage systems are often used during maintenance shutdowns, treatment interruptions, overflow conditions, operational expansion, or temporary infrastructure projects.
Storage planning should consider fluid characteristics, solids content, transfer requirements, containment needs, hauling schedules, and storage duration.
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Tank Battery
A tank battery is a group of interconnected storage tanks and related equipment used to store, separate, transfer, or manage fluids during industrial or oilfield operations.
Tank batteries may include storage tanks, transfer pumps, piping, manifolds, monitoring systems, containment infrastructure, and loading areas operating together as one system. In oil and gas operations, tank batteries are commonly used for produced water, oil, flowback, wastewater, or temporary fluid storage.
Tank battery planning should consider transfer coordination, containment, monitoring access, truck movement, weather exposure, and operational safety.
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Tank Farm
A tank farm is a large-scale storage area containing multiple tanks and related infrastructure used to store industrial liquids, wastewater, frac water, produced water, process liquids, or other commercial fluids.
Tank farms may include modular aboveground storage tanks, frac tanks, transfer systems, manifolds, containment infrastructure, loading areas, monitoring systems, and access roads designed to support high-volume fluid operations.
Tank farms are commonly used in oil and gas, wastewater management, manufacturing, infrastructure projects, industrial processing, and large-scale temporary storage operations.