West Beach Road Association - WBRA
Pictures of the Main tank cleaning on December 6, 2017
These pictures were by Water Manager, Jim Patton, while he supervised the operation.
King Water sent its best men to clean our tank most efficiently and they completed their work in less than four hours. They replaced the standpipe, Chlorinated and closed the tank and began refiling it before 1:00 pm.
The site of the master drain valve where the lowest 5,000 gallons of water collected at the bottom of the tank are pumped out and disposed of in the ditch alongside West Beach Road. NOTE: King used the 6,000 gallons of water that they found in the tank above that lowest level this morning to give our distribution system a good flush.
The new vent on the top of the tank that we installed last year to prevent bacteria from entering the tank. NOTE: The excellent condition of the heavy coating that we put on the roof several years ago.
The new conduit for the line from the float in the tank to the level indicator outside the tank – also “bacteria resistant.”
The two-foot high standpipe that sits on the bottom of the tank above the pump suction hole to prevent silt from being pumped into our distribution lines (note that it has a spray nozzle sticking out of it)..
A King employee pointing to the clean concrete walls of the tank after pressure washing.
Inside the tank showing the inflow pipe through which filtered water enters the tank.
Inside the tank showing the level indicator float and the short fixed standpipe. NOTE: Depending on the clarity of water in the tank at the next cleaning we may want to eliminate the two-foot high standpipe because it does deny us access to 5,000 gallons of water at the bottom of the tank.
Inside the tank showing the electrical probes that hang from the ceiling that activate electrical relays in the pump house to control the well pump (and the red alarm lights in the event that the pump fails to respond).
