The Eugene Water & Electric Board’s 1940’s era water tank on College Hill was removed last year. Now, crews are starting to assemble two new, seismically safe 7.5 million gallon tanks.
Laura Farthing, a principal engineer for EWEB, said contractors are pouring the floor slabs for the tanks in quadrants.
“Simultaneously,” she said, “we’re working on installing the piping that brings the water into the tank and also has a drain line that takes it away. So to do that, we’re building a 72-inch tunnel that will extend from our site down to the intersection of Lincoln and 23rd.”…