With increasing competition for scarce public works dollars.

With increasing competition for scarce public works dollars, spending forward corrosion control often ranks cheap on the priority list. The demand for modern structures, such as roads, bridges, water treatment plants and solid waste disposal facilities, is rarely matched according to an outcry for more maintenance.

over and above it is the very lack of attention to issues like corrosion rule that is causing the nation's infrastructure to deteriorate before its time, costing the public wealth and depleting resources.

In fact, pay no regard toed corrosion costs billions of dollars each year -- $300 billion last year. still current corrosion control technologies suitably applied would have prevented one-third of that los

And corrosion is not just a set issue. It can cause leaking in subterranean storage tanks, pipeline failures and unsafe bridge covers all of which are a direct threat to public safety and the environment.

Corrosion is the deterioration of a material, usually a