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cua

English translation: Tail tank

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Catalan term or phrase:diposit de cua
English translation:Tail tank
Entered by: Lavinia Pirlog

13:08 Oct 8, 2011
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
Catalan term or phrase: cua
La canalització comença d’una Estació de Bombament que impulsa les aigües a través d’una canalització de 5.000 m de fosa de DN-300 fins un dipòsit de cua de formigó armat de 2.000 m.
Estudis geotècnics als terrenys d’emplaçament del dipòsit de cua.
Lavinia Pirlog
Romania
Local time: 16:12
Tail tank
Explanation:
From the ajuntaments's website:

"The pipeline built by Barcelona City Council conducts the flow of water along the stretch between Carrer Motors to the tank located at level 70 in Montjuïc just beside the crossroads at Carrer Foc, Passeig Olímpic and Carrer Pierre de Coubertin. This ***tail tank*** allows the distribution of this flow along the mountain at a moisture chamber capacity of 100 m3. It is part of the last stretch of an over 9 kilometre-long infrastructure running from the Waste Water Regeneration Station "

Could have been a dreadful direct translation, I thought, but checking the term on other websites confirms that it is used in the industry.
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Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 15:12
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Tail tank


Explanation:
From the ajuntaments's website:

"The pipeline built by Barcelona City Council conducts the flow of water along the stretch between Carrer Motors to the tank located at level 70 in Montjuïc just beside the crossroads at Carrer Foc, Passeig Olímpic and Carrer Pierre de Coubertin. This ***tail tank*** allows the distribution of this flow along the mountain at a moisture chamber capacity of 100 m3. It is part of the last stretch of an over 9 kilometre-long infrastructure running from the Waste Water Regeneration Station "

Could have been a dreadful direct translation, I thought, but checking the term on other websites confirms that it is used in the industry.

Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 15:12
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Gracies, Berni.

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