Liquid fert bund design

B'o'B

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Rutland
I know for a fact that if it were a diesel tank and a Tap went through the bund it would be classified as having no bund at all. All pipe work must be inside the bund when not used and come over top of the bund when in use.
 

B'o'B

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Rutland
The difference here is that a bund is a legal requirement for a chemical store or fuel tank. It is not a legal requirement for liquid fertiliser though it is good practice and environmental risk management. .

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/pollution-prevention-for-businesses
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/storing-silage-slurry-and-agricultural-fuel-oil
I appreciate the difference, I just didn’t want @Feldspar to rush into something without thinking the whole job through properly. We all know how impulsive he is!
 

Farmer Fin

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Aberdeenshire
New SQC rules mention bunding / appropriate ability to handle a spill. Does not look compulsory yet but no doubt will happen in the near future. A lot of tanks gone in round me with no bunding or easy ability to bund - myself included!
 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
We would have locks on the exit to the tank and on the taps through the wall whereas with your set-up you'd only need to break one of the locks by the tank.

Will definitely seal the concrete blocks.

Just spoken to the Omex person and he said he's not aware of people piping through the wall "because that defeats the object of the bund". But I don't see why, if it's properly sealed, that it would defeat the object.

Also, for a slab taking two 50 m3 tanks, how deep would you say you'd need of crushed hardcore below the concrete slab? Was thinking of putting 25cm depth of concrete with reinforcing in.


Here you go, just put this in on a estate that’s a fair distance from home, 100 cube if fert in a bund, container spray store and 15k L of water for sprayers

Drill trailer s bit in the way as we are sticking beans in today there

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Longneck

Member
Mixed Farmer
This is the bund I put up last year.

Still need to put a hand rail round the steps.

I think it’s 1.5m hight.

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Wouldn’t dream of putting a tank in nowadays without a bund, surely only a matter of time before it’s a requirement.
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Here you go, just put this in on a estate that’s a fair distance from home, 100 cube if fert in a bund, container spray store and 15k L of water for sprayers

Drill trailer s bit in the way as we are sticking beans in today there

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I assume that the poly pipes are for draining the sump. How have you secured them?
 

Clive

Staff Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lichfield
I assume that the poly pipes are for draining the sump. How have you secured them?

Yes, just pass through holes in the bund and mortared in - capped off with end stops, you need tools to remove the caps when it needs a rainwater drain down
 

db9go

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Buckinghamshire

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