Odessa Water Tower

Project Overview

The Odessa Water Tower will be undergoing necessary rehabilitation work in April 2023. The rehabilitation project involves the replacement of the interior liner as well as various safety upgrades and exterior renovations. The project was awarded to Landmark Municipal Services and work is scheduled to begin at the end of March.

Landmark Municipal Services has over 40 years of experience in municipal water tower maintenance and water tank repair and inspection services. The new liner, like all other drinking water components, are compliant with NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 regulations.

The tower will be taken out of service from mid- April to mid-June to complete the revitalization of this critical piece of infrastructure. Municipal drinking water in Amherstview, Odessa, Brooklands & Harewood is supplied by the Fairfield Water Treatment Plant in Amherstview. We expect that drinking water customers should see minimal impact during the tower shutdown. Regular seasonal outdoor water use restrictions will be in effect as of May 1. The Township will not impose additional water use restrictions. However, we request that customers in the Fairfield water system please be mindful of water usage throughout the shutdown.

Full details of this project can be found in the Staff Report at the link below.

SR- 2259 - Award of RFP 2022-33 - Odessa Water Tower Rehabilitation (civicweb.net)

Background

The Odessa Water Tower was constructed in 1978 and provides 900 m³ of water storage to the Fairfield Water Distribution system. An inspection of the tower conducted in November 2021 identified that its interior liner had reached the end of its useful life and was in need of replacement. The same inspection also identified that several other components of the tower needed to be replaced, such as the exterior access ladder and various safety equipment, or repaired, such as access hatches. These findings, along with a least one observable leak thought to be originating from the tower’s interior liner, led staff to recommend that the rehabilitation of the Odessa water tower be scheduled for the spring or summer of 2023.

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