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County staff recommend removing hillside water tank from service; move to prepare PRV upgrade and plans
Summary
After inspection found an inaccessible leak and deteriorated 70-year-old hillside tank, staff recommended discontinuing its use and developing plans to upgrade the Ross valve PRV building; the committee moved to proceed with planning and design work.
Seneca County water-and-sewer staff presented findings from a recent inspection of the 1955 hillside water tank after a leak was discovered and recommended taking the tank out of service and preparing plans and specifications to upgrade the downstream pressure-reducing valve (PRV) site and associated piping.
Staff said the tank (installed in 1955) has a leak through a pipe that is presently encased in concrete, preventing a simple band repair without removing structural concrete that forms part of the tank foundation. Inspectors noted extensive age-related…
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