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Going Up: New Water Tower Assembled Friday In Walnut Hill
December 5, 2009
Like a giant erector set, a new water tower in Walnut Hill was assembled Friday.
The 40 foot tall, four-leg base for the tank was constructed over the past few weeks next to the Escambia River Electric Cooperative office on Highway 99-A, across the road from the Ernest Ward Middle School gym.
Friday, the remainder of the 118-foot high tower was constructed, and the 200,000 gallon, 24-foot high tank was assembled on top of the tower. The new storage tank is in addition to the current 40,000 gallon water tower nearby at the intersection of Arthur Brown Road and Highway 97, according Andrew Peters, a certified operator for the Walnut Hill Water Works.The new elevated storage tank will replace a 40,000 gallon Walnut Hill Water Works elevated tank currently located in Enon.
Once the tank installation is completed — including a paint job — it will be put in service after an 8-inch water main is installed from the intersection of Highway 99-A and Highway 97.
The tank will be served by existing wells as located at the current water tower at Arthur Brown Road and Highway 99, one on Highway 97 near Wiggins Lake, and one in Enon.
The $2.4 million project will include the tank, plus repairs to existing well houses and operating equipment and the replacement and looping of existing lines to increase water pressure.
A new water main loop is being installed along Tungoil Road to connect water mains on Highway 97 and South Highway 99. Another line will be installed from Lambert Bridge Road, down Velor Road, and along Highway 164 to Green Village Road. Another section of pipe will be installed from Morgan Road to Eicher Road on South Highway 99. In all, about 16 miles of new water main will be installed, Peters said.
The water system, which serves 699 connections, has received a $866,000 grant toward the project. The remaining $1,621,000 will come from a USDA Rural Development loan.
In 2005, the water system began to experience problems when the well at Arthur Brown Road and Highway 97 began to fail. That well house and the one at another well located on Highway 97 just north of Wiggins Lake Road are both in need of physical and mechanical repairs, according to EREC. which owns the Walnut Hill Water Works. They say the system operates with a 19 percent loss due to leaks and inefficiencies.
Click here to a photo gallery of the water tank being completed Friday in Walnut Hill.
Pictured above and below: The construction of a new water tower in Walnut Hill Friday. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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One Response to “Going Up: New Water Tower Assembled Friday In Walnut Hill”
I know that I speak for each and every person that lives on Occie Phillips Rd.
Hopefully ,some of the money will be used to get our water line out of the road bed and out to the side of the road , so that everytime the county trys to grade the road.
They don’t grade the waterlines into. The roads are one thing , but to be without water are another. So we will pray that this is one of the things that is on the list of Walnut Hills water works.