Sodium Bentonite: A Safe Pond Sealer & Earthen Sealant

Here at Southwestern Materials, we take pride in our long track record of successfully providing our clients with high-quality sodium bentonite as well as a wealth of information. If you have questions about our products, you can turn to us for comprehensive and easy to understand answers. We have a variety of types of sodium bentonite clay available, and our clients have the option to pick up the bentonite at our mine site or our warehouse in Texas. We also ship nationwide.

If you or your company is looking for sodium bentonite for any application from pond sealing to drilling operations, we are here to help! You can get in touch with us directly via phone at 512-280-7801 toll free @ 888-600-6077 or request a quote online. We would be happy to be your bentonite supplier needs.

What is Sodium Bentonite?

Sodium bentonite is a natural clay sealant that has many uses. These include sealing recreational and stock ponds, sewage and dairy lagoons, city landfills, and other similar structures or areas. Bentonite also does an effective job of plugging up holes, and it can be helpful in terms of controlling the level of dust on roads and highways.

Sodium bentonite clay is also one of the most effective, low cost methods for treating porous soils. In fact, bentonite is so effective as a sealing material that the Federal Government and most states require that a liner of sodium bentonite (or some comparable material) be used to seal stores of toxic waste, as well as water and oil wells that have been abandoned. One of the reasons sodium bentonite is so widely used is because it contains no chemicals, no additives, and no toxins, and it is environmentally safe.

How Does Sodium Bentonite Work?

Sodium bentonite clay is such an effective sealer because it swells when it makes contact with water. More specifically, bentonite can swell from 4 to 10 times its usual dry size once it becomes wet. Its effectiveness as a sealant has been confirmed over several years of rigorous testing. This is also why the United States Environmental Protection Agency has required all landfills and waste disposal sites to be lined accordingly, in order to prevent leeching of hazardous chemicals into ground water. Because of the way the bentonite swells, forming a strong waterproof and chemical-proof seal, it makes for an ideal, inexpensive, permanent, and easy to install liner.

Learn More About Our Sodium Bentonite Products

To harness the advantages offered by sodium bentonite, get in touch with us here at Southwestern Materials today. Call us by phone at 512-280-7801 toll free @ 888-600-6077 or you can request a quote online using our website. We look forward to hearing from you, and we would be happy to be your reliable sodium bentonite supplier.