City of Newton
NEWTON, Kan. — The first of two new water tanks for the City of Newton is taking shape. Walls are propped up. The walls and outside of the tank will receive a prestress cabling system around it that will then be covered with layers of shotcrete and cementitious coating.
The existing 3.8 million-gallon water tank, which was built in 1939, has reached the end of its useful life and must be replaced. That water tank stores all of Newton’s drinking water before it is pumped to the City’s four elevated water towers. The plan is to build one new 1.9 million-gallon tank before demolishing the old tank and replacing it with a second 1.9 million-gallon tank.
This 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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