Fluid containment structure and system

A fluid containment system comprising:

• a fluid impervious membrane,
• a first and a second wall segment, each of said first and second wall segments comprising four generally horizontal tubular members, said generally horizontal tubular members joined at a generally triangular member at a first and a second end of each of said first and second wall segment, a generally planar member spanning a distance between a first and a second of said horizontal tubular members on a first side of each of said first and second wall segments,
• a corner member, said corner member connecting said first and said second wall segments such that said first and second wall segments, when connected, form an angle enabling said first and said second wall segments to couple with an additional plurality of wall segments to form a closed wall;
• and
• a membrane securing member, said fluid impervious membrane interposed between said membrane securing member and two of said generally horizontal tubular members such that frictional forces caused by interaction of the membrane securing member with each of the two of said plurality of generally tubular members and the fluid impervious membrane secure said fluid impervious membrane to said closed wall.

A method for containing unintended fluid spills comprising the steps of:

• connecting a plurality of wall segments to a plurality of angled corners, said plurality of wall segments comprising:
• a plurality of generally horizontal tubular members connected at a first end and a second end to a first and a second generally triangular end piece, respectively, the first and the second generally triangular end pieces being part of a first and a second ones of the plurality of angled corners, respectively, and
• a generally planar member interposed between a first and a second ones of the plurality of generally horizontal tubular members, said plurality of angled corners being narrower at an interior than at an exterior of the angled corners;
• said plurality of wall segments connected to said plurality of angled corners forming a closed wall;
• connecting a first wall segment of the plurality of wall segments to an opposing second wall segment of the plurality of wall segments with a tensioning member;
• placing a fluid impervious membrane in a space defined by the closed wall;
• securing said fluid impervious membrane to a wall segment by interposing said fluid impervious membrane between a membrane securing member and two of said generally horizontal tubular members such that frictional forces caused by interaction of the membrane securing member with each of the two of said plurality of generally tubular members and said fluid impervious membrane secure said fluid impervious membrane to said closed wall;
• and,
• placing a fluid storage vessel above said fluid impervious membrane and within said closed wall.

A fluid containment system comprising:

• a barrier wall having a slot, said barrier wall comprising connected barrier wall segments and said slot having a plurality of slot walls, said barrier wall forming a closed wall;
• a first fluid impervious membrane spanning thea space between opposing barrier wall segments of the connected barrier wall segments, said first fluid impervious membrane being adjacent at least one of said plurality of slot walls;
• and
• a fluid impervious membrane securing member sized to be interposed between adjacent ones of said plurality of slot walls with said first fluid impervious membrane interposed between said fluid impervious membrane securing member and one of said plurality of slot walls such that frictional forces caused by interaction of the fluid impervious membrane securing member with each of the adjacent ones of said plurality of slot walls and said first fluid impervious membrane secure said first fluid impervious membrane to said closed wall.

A barrier wall segment comprising:

• a first and second end adapted to connect said wall segment to adjacent wall segments;
• an inward face adapted to support a first fluid impervious membrane retaining a liquid;
• and,
• a first slot sized to receive said first fluid impervious membrane such that when a first membrane securing block is inserted into said first slot, said first membrane is interposed between two opposing walls of said first slot and said first membrane securing block such that frictional forces caused by interaction of said first membrane securing block with each of the two opposing walls of the first slot and said first membrane secures said first membrane to said barrier wall segment.