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Water utilities recommend demolishing Harris Park standpipe; demolition estimated at ~$300,000 versus >$2 million for rehabilitation
Summary
Water Utilities engineering manager Amanda Bagwell told the Public Works Committee that the 1960 Harris Park standpipe is out of service, costly to maintain and that demolition — estimated at about $300,000 — is preferable to a full rehabilitation costing more than $2 million.
Amanda Bagwell, water utilities engineering manager, presented a staff recommendation to demolish the Harris Park standpipe during the Public Works Committee meeting on May 12. Bagwell said the welded‑steel standpipe was built in 1960, has about 2.15 million gallons of capacity and has not been in routine service since 2011. "The estimated cost to recoat the tower and to repair the, any steel plates, any damage that's occurred, to that, steel tank and to repair the pump house…
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