{"id":4945,"date":"2021-06-01T09:01:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2021-06-01T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T09:07:06","slug":"what-is-a-water-tanker-lorry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/what-is-a-water-tanker-lorry\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a water tanker lorry?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Water lorries, water trucks, water tanker trucks or tank trucks can be articulated or rigid tankers of small, medium or large size which are used for carrying water for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Agricultural use, e.g. irrigation<\/li><li>Drinking, e.g. emergency water supplies or rural water supplies<\/li><li>Firefighting<\/li><li>Crowd control, e.g. water cannon<\/li><li>Dust suppression, e.g. road works, quarries<\/li><li>Motorsports, e.g. speedway track wetting<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Water tanker lorries have various attachments that disperse the water, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dribble bars &#8211; a long transverse bar at the back with holes along its length that dribbles a curtain of water<\/li><li>Sprayers &#8211; an attachment that creates either an arc of finer spray for watering, or a specific localised spray for things like road cleaning<\/li><li>Water cannon &#8211; a pressurised hose<\/li><li>Various connectors and hoses &#8211; for connecting the supply directly to vats or supplies<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pressurised-dribble-bar-on-truck-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Pressurised dribble bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In many cities worldwide, water trucks provide irrigation to public gardens and verges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers-600x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers-600x279.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers-1536x714.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/truck-waters-lawn-using-sprayers.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Watering a grass verge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A large water tanker can carry more than 18,000 litres or 4750 gallons of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are water lorries so useful?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Water tanker trucks are not <a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/what-is-a-tanker-truck\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4807\">tanker trucks<\/a> &#8211; they are specific to carrying water or similar liquids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s often inconvenient or impossible to connect to a council water supply in remote areas or for specific applications, for example, in rural areas where water is needed for irrigation or livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When building roads, a water truck can be used to suppress dust and to supply enough water to wet a road surface down for compaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In horse racing and speedway, the track may need to be wetted down to create the ideal conditions for racing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-600x316.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-600x316.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-1536x810.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/water-truck-on-horse-racing-track-2048x1080.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Water truck wetting down a horse racing track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rural fire services may need water to attend to remote scrub fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarries need to suppress dust which can be carcinogenic if inhaled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadworks need to suppress dust to minimise annoyance to surrounding residential areas and to improve visibility for other road users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can you drive a water tanker lorry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You simply need the right class of driver licence for the size and type of water lorry you&#8217;d like to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Water tankers are often fundamentally similar to lorries that carry other liquids for human consumption, such as milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Training should be provided on-the-job, or by the manufacturer. Each truck will have its own set of pumps and attachments which you must be familiar with when using them, especially so that you don&#8217;t spill it or create any contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water lorries, water trucks, water tanker trucks or tank trucks can be articulated or rigid tankers of small, medium or large size which are used for carrying water for: Agricultural use, e.g. irrigation Drinking, e.g. emergency water supplies or rural<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/what-is-a-water-tanker-lorry\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4952,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions\/4952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}