Liquid storage cleaning with zero human entry and zero downtime.
Bristola's patented submersible robotic cleaning system enters your tank or covered lagoon directly — keeping your facility online while we clean.
Routine cleaning shouldn't cost you a shutdown — or a life.
Traditional tank cleaning is time-consuming, expensive, and dangerous. It puts employees at risk and requires costly facility downtime. At Bristola, we're committed to a safer, more efficient, and more economical way to clean liquid storage facilities.
- No human entry into the tank — ever.
- No draining, no temporary storage, no downtime.
- Higher output, lower operating costs.
Watch the system clean a live facility.
Bristola's own walkthrough of the zero-human-entry system — the portal, the robot, and a crew that never has to go inside the tank.
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Three pillars. One promise: your facility stays online.
From patented robotic cleaning to new-build installation and ongoing condition monitoring — Bristola delivers a complete, full-service solution for liquid storage facilities.
Robotic Cleaning Technology
Submersible robotic cleaning systems with patented zero-human-entry portals for tanks and covered lagoons.
- Submersible Robotic Cleaning System
- Zero-Human-Entry Systems
- Patented Entry Portal
Installation Services
Specify the entry portal on a new facility or retrofit an existing tank — without a long facility shutdown.
- New Build Installation
- Retrofit Installation
- US & Canada coverage
Monitoring & Advisory
Continuous facility-condition monitoring, performance reporting and feasibility studies — long after install day.
- Facility condition monitoring
- Performance reporting
- Feasibility studies
Founded on a close call — and a belief that clean energy is the future.
Bristola was founded in 2019 by Jared Burma based on passion, experience, and a very close call that nearly cost him his life. We exist to revolutionize the capture of renewable gases by providing a safer, more efficient, and economical solution for cleaning liquid storage facilities.
Every Bristola cleaning is a step toward less operational downtime — and a smaller carbon footprint for the facilities feeding tomorrow's energy.
Read our storyFacilities Bristola serves across the US & Canada
From wastewater plants to renewable-energy biogas digesters, our system fits any liquid storage facility that needs to stay online.
Wastewater Treatment
Clarifiers, digesters & process tanks.
Renewable Energy & Biogas
Anaerobic digesters & covered lagoons.
Food & Beverage
Process water & holding tanks.
Oil & Gas / Refinery
Crude, condensate & process storage.
Pulp & Paper
Process water & effluent storage.
Industrial & Commercial
Process water & utility storage.
The Bristola process
Compare it to traditional cleaning and the math is simple — no human entry, no downtime, no costly storage workarounds.
Specify a portal
We install our patented equalization chamber portal at a new build, or retrofit it onto your existing tank or covered lagoon.
Deploy the robot
A remote-controlled submersible robot enters through the portal on a winch — no draining, no shutdown, no people inside.
Stay online
The robot cleans sludge and sediment off the bottom. We monitor your facility's condition and performance continuously after.
Save money. Save time. Save lives.
A well-maintained facility runs more efficiently and produces more — Bristola lets it keep producing while it's being cleaned.
Save money
Higher uptime, more output, lower operating costs — no temporary storage, no extra labor.
Save time
Without planning and coordinating downtime, your team focuses on the work that matters.
Save lives
No employees inside the tank — ever. The dangers of confined-space entry disappear.
Save the planet
Higher capture of renewable gases, smaller carbon footprint per ton processed.
Frequently asked questions
Good to knowTurn one-and-done cleaning jobs into a compounding, recurring business
Install a valve, keep it clean under an assurance program, and build a client base that compounds instead of resetting to zero — on a robotics platform you could never build alone.
Ready to keep your facility online?
Tell us a little about your tank or covered lagoon and we'll walk you through what a Bristola install or service looks like. No obligation — a real conversation with a Bristola engineer.