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English translation: containment berm

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Spanish term or phrase:	noria de retencion
English translation:	containment berm
Entered by:	holmsie

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19:53 Jan 10, 2012

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Bus/Financial - Engineering (general)

Spanish term or phrase: noria de retencion

This is related to the specifics of above ground tanks for storing fuel in Latin American Spanish. It is some sort of safety device realting to spills. All I can come up with in glossaries is waterwheel, which may be the translation but I can help feeling that there might be something better.
...si cuentan con noria(s) de retencion en caso de derrames

holmsie KudoZ activity Questions: 27 (1 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 24 United Kingdom
Local time: 07:34

containment berm

Explanation:
it would form a ring (the same shape as a "noria" around the tank and would only contain liquid if there were an overflow or spill

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bigedsenior
Local time: 23:34

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This appears to be more appropriate for petroleum products according to corroboration found on the Internet, thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +1	retaining pool	patinba
3	containment berm	bigedsenior

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juanpablosans

Discussion entries: 3

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peer agreement (net): +1

retaining pool

Explanation:
In Cuba a noria is a pool, so it probably is in Panama also, certainly it makes good sense in the context.

International Environmental Technology 21.5
content.yudu.com/A1u7li/IET.12.5/resources/54.htmFor over 20 years, Néréïdes (France) has supplied solutions to detect leakage in the retaining pools, surrounding the storage tanks to retain the oil in case of ...

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And in Spain too, according to this from the DRAE:

noria
2. f. Pozo, de forma comúnmente ovalada, del cual se saca el agua con esta máquina.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 03:34
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English
PRO pts in category: 48

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Asker: Thanks! That sounds good!

2 hrs confidence:

containment berm

Explanation:
it would form a ring (the same shape as a "noria" around the tank and would only contain liquid if there were an overflow or spill

bigedsenior
Local time: 23:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 468

Grading comment

This appears to be more appropriate for petroleum products according to corroboration found on the Internet, thanks!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks! Sounds good.

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Reference information:
Sólo existen 3 resultados con noria de retención

Example sentence(s):

Los tanques deben contar con su noria de retención que puede retener 110% del volumen del tanque según las normas de la NFPA

https://www.google.com/search?ix=hcb&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=noria(s)+de+retencion#sclient=psy-ab&hl=es&source=hp&q=%22noria+de+retencion

juanpablosans
Venezuela
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Spanish

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Asker: Se lo agradezco!

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