City of Newton
NEWTON, Kan. — Work on the first new First Street Water Tank is progressing in Newton.
The contractor poured floors on Oct. 6, all precast concrete wall panels were set with a 550-ton crane by Tuesday, and shotcrete was placed between the concrete wall panels on Thursday.
The first tank is expected to be complete in about seven weeks. Once that tank is brought into service, the old tank will be taken down and a second tank will be built where the old one is.
The existing water tank stores all of Newton’s drinking water before it is pumped to the City’s four elevated water towers. The 3.8 million-gallon tank, which was built in 1939, is now severely deteriorated and must be replaced.
Having two functional tanks will allow in the future for one tank to be taken down for maintenance and still leave the community with a steady water supply.
The new loan amount for the project, approved earlier this year, is $8,347,473 through the Kansas Public Water Supply Loan Fund at a gross interest rate of 1.26% per year.
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