LAKEVIEW — Fading paint and rust spots have left the village of Lakeview’s water tower in need of an upgrade.
“Every two years, we have the village’s water tower inspected and cleaned,” Gallagher said.
After that, we’ll put three full coats of paint on the entire thing.” Fedewa estimates they’ll finish the project by Aug. 8, weather permitting.
The Lakeview Village Council decided to paint the water tower Delft Blue — a color that will hopefully protect the structure from UV light for a long time to come.
In the past, the word “Lakeview” was appeared on both sides of the water tower; however, the Village Council approved placing a gold and black logo that reads “Cats,” referencing the Lakeview Community Schools’ wildcat mascot, to face the high school athletic complex.
“The new logo shows that the village and school work together and that we fully support them.” The water tower project faced a few hiccups in the earlier stages, as a mechanical failure resulted in a pressure loss and a boil water advisory for the village that lasted for three days early last week.
“The tower was out of service at that time, which didn’t necessarily help, but we had pressure restored within 25 minutes of the loss and were able to get things moving again pretty quickly after that,” Gallagher said.
Fedewa says the project is now coming along nicely, as they have already finished cleaning and removing the rust spots.
“So far, it’s going well,” Fedewa said.
“The water tower is the second most important piece of the water system we have in Lakeview, with the first being the wells,” Gallagher said.