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Glendale officials flag low water pressure and tank placement as problems for uphill homes
Summary
During the budget hearing officials discussed recurring low pressure in hill neighborhoods, a water tank sited too low to feed households, and undersized mains; staff and officials said the fixes will require moving the tank and pipeline improvements.
Officials and participants used the budget hearing to address ongoing water-supply problems affecting homes uphill from the town’s existing tanks and mains.
Speaker 3 raised the issue early, saying, “Well, I would just have some questions on the water upstairs for ours.” The discussion expanded to technical causes: an existing tank’s elevation was described as too low to reliably feed newer houses built above it, and officials said that moving the tank higher — “2 or 300 feet higher” — would likely provide adequate pressure. As Speaker 3 put it: “They didn't plan on people building where they build up there. It's way too low to feed anybody. If you had it 2 or 300 feet higher, it'd probably be sufficient.”
Participants identified other constraints: parts of the distribution line are 4-inch pipe, which officials said limits flow, and one speaker said the booster pump performance can be problematic, quipping that “that booster pump will **** up the hills.” Another technical note recorded in the transcript referenced local pressure readings at a site called Corona running “somewhere between 5 to 12 pounds,” compared with a more normal 12–20 pounds at other locations.
Officials discussed operational effects: at lower-use periods pressure recovers, but during higher demand customers uphill report very low delivery. Speaker 1 and others suggested the short-term workaround is managing usage (for example, avoiding watering gardens at peak times) while longer-term fixes would require moving the tank and upsizing mains or reconfiguring supply. At one point a speaker said a new water tank “has to be moved.”
No funding decision was adopted during the hearing; participants discussed the technical problems as part of budget review and flagged the problem for follow-up during capital planning and potential infrastructure work.
