A giant gravity flow water tower that rises high above the City of Aransas Pass is visible along a portion of E. Goodnight Ave. near the H. Lancaster Co. furniture showroom. The original one that stood in its place was blown over and destroyed by fierce winds resulting from Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. It was replaced with this durable, reinforced concrete tower that holds 500,000 gallons of fresh water, always ready in case another emergency strikes the Harbor City. Soon, Aransas Pass may get a second even larger water tower that would rise somewhere on the north end of the community and hold up to one-million gallons of water, City Manager Gary Edwards told the Progress. It’s part of a $5 million dollar grant application being filed with the U.S. government, he revealed, paperwork expected to be submitted soon. Congressional leaders who met with Aransas Pass officials and local business and community leaders on a recent trip to Washington, D.C. advised the federal funds were available. Now, the municipal administration will wait to hear if they’ve won approval to receive the money.