Photos: Oro Valley Water Utility to replace 500,000-gallon tank
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Rick Wiley
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Workers from Tucson-based Smyth Industries are dismantling a 500,000-gallon potable water tank sitting in a small canyon at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road. The Oro Valley Water Utility determined the tank, built in 1983, was suffering from age and rust and needed replacement. The replacement tank will be fabricated by Smyth Industries in Tucson. Interior steel panels will have a food-grade solid epoxy coating that will inhibit rust. Once completed in Spring, 2021, it will be ready for use immediately. The $750,000 project is funded through a 2018 bond issue.
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A worker from Tucson-based Smyth Industries removes welds on the steel roof of a 500,000-gallon potable water tank sitting in a small canyon at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road.
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The rafters of a 500,000-gallon potable water tank span out from the center plate as a worker finishes dismantling the roof in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road.
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Workers from Smyth Industries removes the depth gauge on a 500,000-gallon potable water tank sitting in a small canyon at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road.
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A worker from Smyth Industries breaks the welds on tank rafters during demolition of a 500,000-gallon potable water tank sitting in a small canyon at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road.
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A 500,000-gallon potable water being demolished in the La Reserve neighborhood near 1st Ave. and Oracle Road. The tank feeds neighborhoods and businesses in the area.
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Workers from Tucson-based Smyth Industries are dismantling a 500,000-gallon potable water tank sitting in a small canyon at the foot of the Sa…
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