{"id":11873,"date":"2015-08-14T09:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=11873"},"modified":"2015-08-11T13:07:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T17:07:12","slug":"water-tank-raising-in-new-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/water-tank-raising-in-new-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Tank Raising in New Haven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/NH-tank-raising.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11874\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/NH-tank-raising.jpg?resize=666%2C1173\" alt=\"NH tank-raising\" width=\"666\" height=\"1173\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wessler Engineering worked with the City of New Haven, Indiana on a tank raising project at their Ryan Road water storage tank.<\/p>\n<p>Project Stats:<\/p>\n<p>Tank Capacity \u2013 500,000 Gallons<\/p>\n<p>Tank Diameter \u2013 56 Feet<\/p>\n<p>Original Tank Height \u2013 135 Feet<\/p>\n<p>New Tank Height \u2013 179 Feet<\/p>\n<p>Date Raised \u2013 May 28, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Height to Overflow -174 Feet<\/p>\n<p>Water Pressure at Tank Base When Full \u2013 75 Pounds Per Square Inch<\/p>\n<p>The tank, erected in 1998, could not be safely used as originally connected and configured. The tank was so far out on the perimeter of the distribution system, and the pressure in the distribution system was so high, that the water in the tank could not be turned over enough to keep it safe for consumption. The elevated water storage tank was raised so that the water pressure in the distribution system on the east side of the City could be maintained during high demand periods. This also allows more water to be delivered throughout the City when needed for emergencies or for fighting fires.<\/p>\n<p>The new control valve is being installed on the water main that conveys water to the east side of the City and will be used to vary the water level in the tank throughout the day, enough to keep the water fresh.<\/p>\n<p>The raised tank is being cleaned and repainted prior to placing it into service.<\/p>\n<p>www.newhavenbulletin.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wessler Engineering worked with the City of New Haven, Indiana on a tank raising project at their Ryan Road water<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[224,551,4127,181,583,692,180,4128,225,913,4125,3638,1170,206,3801,4126,223,3802],"class_list":["post-11873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-bend","tag-city","tag-engineering","tag-haven","tag-in","tag-indiana","tag-new","tag-newhavenbulletin","tag-news","tag-project","tag-raising","tag-tank","tag-tower","tag-water","tag-wbn","tag-wessler","tag-west","tag-westbendnews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-35v","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 01:05:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}