I have heard this question many times in the last few days. People are starting to see a tan color being applied to the legs and underbelly.
The quick answer to is it almost done is, no.
They are still doing prep work for the painting. We are on schedule, with about 5 days of sandblasting left to do. Almost all of the inside repairs have been completed.
Our contractors have been working 7 days a week. Their plan was is to work everyday without rain and try to pre-plan for 2 days a week of rain. We haven’t had the rain during the day so things are moving well.
The color people see painted on the tower now is actually primer. After they do their final sandblasting, they prime right over it. After the primer is done, it will take approximately 3 weeks to do the finish painting.
Some have inquired when we are going to do our hydrant flushing this fall. As long as the water tower is out of service we are not scheduling any projects that require a lot of water.
We appreciate our water customer’s patience with this project. We understand the water pressure has varied from time to time, and a major water main break had some people without water for 20 minutes one day. Our DPW is working 24 hours a day to attempt to stay on top of this project. The good news is that this type of project only comes around once every ten years.