Consumers Illinois to Begin $500,000 Rehabilitation to North Vermilion Street Water Tanks; Slight Pressure Reductions Possible.Business Editors DANVILLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 Consumers Illinois Water Company (Consumers) is beginning a $500,000 tank rehabilitation project during the week of June 26, 2000. Consumers will drain the three-million-gallon water storage standpipe standpipe, tank or pipe for holding water in an elevated position to create pressure in a water supply system. For a tall building, where the pressure from the mains at street level is insufficient to raise the water to the upper floors, water is pumped up to the at the 2300 block of North Vermilion to facilitate scheduled maintenance, including sandblasting Sandblasting or bead blasting[1] is a generic term for the process of smoothing, shaping and cleaning a hard surface by forcing solid particles across that surface at high speeds; the effect is similar to that of using sandpaper, but provides a more even finish and repainting of both the interior and exterior. Immediately following completion of the work and reactivation reactivation to become active after a period of quiescence or, as in bacterial and viral infections, latency. cross reactivation of the standpipe, the 300,000-gallon elevated spheroid spheroid /sphe·roid/ (sfer´oid) a spherelike body. spher·oid or sphe·roi·dal adj. Having a generally spherical shape. tank at this same location will be drained, sandblasted and repainted inside and out. Consumers does not expect any problems related to this water tank maintenance; however, certain areas north of Winter Avenue may experience slightly lower than normal water pressures for brief periods of time during the project. Consumers contracted with Hanfland Painting Contractors from Sigel, IL to repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. both storage tanks. In addition to sandblasting and repainting the insides and outsides of both tanks, Hanfland Painting Contractors will also be making structural modifications and improvements to both tanks, including new tank access hatches and tank drain modifications to improve future maintenance and inspection capabilities. While the three-million-gallon standpipe is being painted, the 300,000-gallon spheroid, which is the taller water tower adjacent to the standpipe, will provide the north end of Danville with fire protection and pressure. The standpipe should be back in service by mid-September. As soon as the standpipe is back in service, the spheroid water tower will be drained for identical maintenance and repainting. While the spheroid water tower is out of service, the adjacent standpipe will provide fire protection and pressure to Danville's north side. The spheroid water tower should be back in service by mid to late-November. In addition to its ongoing capital improvement and maintenance plan, CIWC's 2000 capital investment budget is $6.9 million and includes $5 million for the Danville ion exchange ion exchange n. A reversible chemical reaction occurring between an insoluble solid and a solution during which ions may be interchanged, used in the separation of radioactive isotopes. nitrate removal plant that is currently under construction and scheduled to be completed by December 2000. CIWC serves over 55,000 Vermilion County residents in the City of Danville, the Village of Tilton, the Danville Correctional Center, the Lake Boulevard and Hooton areas, the Villages of Catlin, Westville, Belgium, as well as surrounding unincorporated areas. CIWC is a subsidiary of Philadelphia Suburban Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSC (Public Service Commission) Same as PUC. ), one of the nation's largest investor-owned water utilities, headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pa. For further information, please contact Robert Bauer, Production Manager, at 443-8542 ext. 128. |
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