Water Tanks Painting and Structural Repairs

Project Overview

The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management will begin structural repairs, sandblasting and painting the above ground water storage tanks. Water tanks provide storage for the City’s water supply to pressurize the distribution system, especially during the peak demand cycles. This helps to maintain a safe water supply and promotes water system reliability for water pressure and fire hydrant flows. Atlanta’s thirteen water storage tanks hold between 0.5 million gallons to 5 million gallons of water daily.

Project Description

Structural repairs to the City’s water tanks will include cleaning, sandblasting, surface preparation, repair and replacement of tank accessories and appurtenances, coating and painting of steel tanks, coating of a concrete water storage tank. Work will also include the demolition and removal of two water tanks and the pump station house located on Benwell Road of off Pitts Road.

Project Location

Potential Impacts

There will be construction-related traffic near the affected water tanks, and area residents and businesses may experience daytime construction-related noise and possibly dust. Residents and businesses should not notice an interruption of water service.

Project Schedule

June 2010 – February 2012

For more information, please contact the DWM Project Hotline at 404-529-9211.