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"Structurally Reinforced ThermoPlastics" or SRTP is a term Daniel Early, PE, Chief Engineer and General Manager of Modular Water Systems, developed about 15 years ago to generally classify tank designs using one or more forms of reinforced structural plastic fabrication and manufacturing. Structural reinforcement typically reflects structural bracing systems comprised of gussets and stiffeners as applied to box type tank systems. It can refer to the plastic encapsulated steel reinforcement used in concrete systems that are integrated into composite plastic material assemblies such as the patented structural plastic base assembly used in vertically oriented pump station wetwell or manhole structures. It also refers to mesh material reinforcement embedded into solid wall plastic extrusions with the mesh materials being either high tensile plastic mesh or stainless-steel wire mesh. Polypropylene and High Density Polyethylene are common thermoplastic materials so when you combine structural reinforcement applications to thermoplastic materials, the resulting assembly is typically referred to as a Structurally Reinforced ThermoPlastic or SRTP system.