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City staff outline water-tower rehab schedule; Port tank work to finish this year
Summary
City staff told the Planning and Infrastructure GIS Committee that work to rehab multiple water towers will begin in October, with the Port tank expected online by year-end; a carbon-silo repair will cost about $250,000 after retrofitting saved roughly $500,000 versus full replacement.
City staff reported progress on several water-system projects and laid out a tentative schedule for tank rehabilitations and equipment upgrades, saying work on the West Shreveport tank could begin in October and the Port tank should be completed this year.
The committee was told the West Shreveport tank — in Councilwoman Bowman's district — is planned to be taken offline for rehabilitation “tentatively starting for October,” and if schedules hold crews will move next to the Saint Vincent tank the following October. Brandon Snead, a city staff member who briefed the…
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