Pennsylvania American Water announced its 2023 plans to rehabilitate eight of its water storage tanks and construct five new tanks.
The total cost of the American Water subsidiary’s water storage upgrades this year is about $17.5 million. The subsidiary’s tank rehabilitation program of inspecting, sandblasting, and repainting tanks extends their service lives and helps protect water quality.
“Storage tanks help provide suitable water pressure for our communities and important storage reserves for fire protection,” said Bruce Aiton, vice president of engineering at Pennsylvania American Water. “Proactively maintaining and rehabilitating tanks where there are opportunities to do so provides cost benefits to our customers, and building new tanks helps provide additional capacity for community growth and system resiliency.”
This year, the company will rehabilitate and repaint ground storage tanks in the following municipalities:
- Union Township, Washington County - $1,400,000
- Smith Township, Washington County - $625,000
- Fairview Township, York County - $585,000
- Coatesville City, Chester County - $1,000,000
- White Township, Indiana County - $320,000
- White Township, Indiana County - $1,200,000
- Coolbaugh Township, Monroe County - $480,000
- Swatara Township, Dauphin County - $1,000,000
To rehabilitate the tanks, crews will strip the original paint and apply a new coating, which serves as a protective barrier that prevents steel from rusting and impacting water quality.
The company also is constructing five new ground storage tanks in the following municipalities to provide additional water storage capacity:
- Laurel Run Borough, Luzerne County - $1,000,000
- Roaring Brook Township, Lackawanna County - $6,500,000
- Kingston Township, Luzerne County - $100,000
- Walker Township, Schuylkill County - $432,000
- White Deer Township, Union County - $2,900,000
