Seven years ago, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Graduate students at CalPoly started a project to help local families in need. If you have ever watched ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, this will sound familiar. The Poly House blog described this year’s project as “28 students, 6 weeks of planning, 6 days of construction, $160,000 fund raising goal, a deserving family in the community all combined to produce a renovated home and a project management “learn-by-doing” experience.” The recipients of the renovation this year was the Todd family, whose son...

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Loomis Tank Centers is proud to announce a new tool on our web site that allows individuals to more easily find septic service professionals in their area. We have been getting several calls daily from for pumping services and have been unable to offer a solution until now. The new extension of our site is comprised of an interactive map containing over 280,000 listings for ONLY septic service professionals. Users can locate service providers visually, rather than having to wade through the myriad of search engines and book listings. Take it for a test run: http://loomistank.com/septic-search.shtml Please...

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“Greywater conservation and repurposing is an incredible way to make your home more “green,” not to mention more efficient. Before discussing greywater´s many benefits, it is important to…” READ MORE

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Seven years ago, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering grad students at CalPoly started a project called PolyHouse to help local families in need. If you have ever watched ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, this will sound familiar. The PolyHouse blog described this year’s project as “28 students, 6 weeks of planning, 6 days of construction, $160,000 fund raising goal, a deserving family in the community all combined to produce a renovated home and a project management “learn-by-doing” experience.” The recipient of the renovation this year was the Todd family, whose...

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Loomis Tank Centers is excited to announce that we are now distributing the complete line of steel water storage tanks manufactured by BH Tank Inc., a Blue Scope Water Company. BH Tank has been manufacturing excellent quality pre-assembled and field erected tanks since 1955. They offer a wide variety of styles and sizes including: Corrugated Steel Tanks – 1000 to 15,000 gallons Bolted Steel Tanks – 4000 to 3,000,000 gallons Galaxy polymer-lined tanks – 5000 to 700,000 gallons Welded steel tanks – 1000 to 100,000 gallons These tanks can be used in a variety of applications: Rural...

Tags: BH Tank, custom fabrication, double wall, field-erected, pre-assembled, steel tank

Loomis Tanks is pleased to announce that we are now stocking the new “Aquifer” 2500 gal Low Profile Poly Cistern manufactured by Ace Roto Mold, a division of Den Hartog Industries. These strong, durable tanks are manufactured from FDA compliant resins and are designed for bulk collection and storage of potable or non-potable water. They can be used for below-ground or above ground applications. These cisterns are available at any of our 9 retail locations or can be shipped to you factory direct. Aquifer cisterns are also available in  1000, 1500 and 2000 Gal. sizes. We are not currently...

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Attention! Our retail store location in Chino Valley AZ has just moved to a new location in Dewey AZ! Here is the address and contact info for the new location: Loomis Tank Centers 150 S State Route 69 Suite 1A Dewey, AZ 86327 Toll-free 1-866-636-0046 (same as before) Phone: 928-632-5002 Fax: 928-632-5003 This new location has better visibility and is located closer to Phoenix so that we can better serve that market. Give us a call today!

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Loomis Tank Centers is now the Western States supplier for the Freeland Industries line of Galvanized and Poly-Tuf stock tanks.  We feel very strongly that Freeland offers an excellent quality product at a very competitive price. The full brochure (3MB PDF) is also available for download. More info: www.freelandind.com Available beginning in February! Please call for pricing.

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We stock a wide selection of water tanks for storage and transport. Our water tanks are made to last. Tanks that were put into service many years ago are still performing in a variety of extreme weather conditions throughout the country. Our water tanks are USDA, USDI, NRCS, DOT, NSF, and ASTM approved. Click below for product info: » Above Ground Water Tanks » Below Ground Poly Cisterns » Below Ground Fiberglass Cisterns » Water Transport Tanks » Specialty Water Tanks » Rainwater Collection & Harvesting » Fittings and Accessories SOME OF THE GREAT BENEFITS TO PURCHASING A LOOMIS...

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Attached are some photos of this catastrophic wild fire that began on May 5, 2009 and was fully contained on May 20, 2009.  A total of 160 structures were destroyed by the fire, as well as an additional 18 structures which were damaged.  1,857 personnel were dispatched and 30 firefighters were injured.  The estimated cost of the fire was 17 million.  The cause is still under investigation. These photos show some of the devastation that this extremely hot fire caused.  Several of the images are of Loomis polyethylene water tanks purchased and installed by Jeff Brown of JJ Brown Construction,...

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