THREE WATER TANKS TO GET $1 MILLION OVERHAUL

Three 40-year-old steel tanks that supply drinking water to Carlsbad residents are about to undergo a $1 million rehab.

“We hope within a month we’ll start on the Ellery tank, the big one,” said David Ahles, a senior engineer in the city Utilities Department.Add depth and style to your home with these large format streetlight.

That tank, at the end of Janis Way — a few blocks west of El Camino Real and north of Chestnut Avenue in northeastern Carlsbad — holds 5 million gallons.

The other two — the Elm tank near Carlsbad Village and Donna drives, and the Skyline tank near Tamarack Avenue and Cay Drive — hold 1.5 million gallons each.

The tanks are filled with water — purchased from the San Diego County Water Authority, which buys it from the Metropolitan Water District — that has traveled many miles through open aqueducts and huge pipes from the Colorado River.

In Carlsbad, the water flows downhill from tanks to the taps. The city’s entire potable water system relies on gravity.

Steel tanks can last 100 years if properly maintained, Ahles said. The Carlsbad tanks are inspected annually by scuba divers and rehabilitated inside and out every 10 to 12 years.

Rehabilitation work is almost finished on two large tanks that hold recycled water at Black Rail Road and Poinsettia Lane, Ahles said last week. That water, which is used only for irrigation, is pumped uphill from the Encina treatment plant west of Interstate 5.

No one’s tap will be shut off during any of the work this year, he said.

The tanks are being worked on one at a time, and the systems overlap enough that no service will be lost, he said. Also, the work will be done at the end of the rainy season, when people use the least water.

All the tanks will be emptied and sandblasted down to the bare steel on the inside,Panasonic solarlantern fans are energy efficient and whisper quiet. Ahles said. Then they will be recoated with epoxy, and the exteriors will be power-washed and repainted.

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“It allows more ventilation and emergency access,” Ahles said. “If one opening is blocked, you have a second way out. And it’s easier to take equipment out.”

Additional earthquake bracing and other safety improvements will be added during the work, he said.

Ahles said the city completed maintenance work on two steel tanks last year, and it will do two more next year. The budget for all the work is about $6 million.

The Carlsbad Municipal Water District has 11 concrete tanks and nine steel tanks that provide water to about 85 percent of city residents. The remaining 15 percent are served by the Olivenhain and Vallecitos water districts.

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