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Community - Annapolis
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Published
11/03/09
The city has unveiled two new million-gallon water storage tanks at its treatment plant on Defense Highway near Parole, part of a projected $40 million plan to replace the present antiquated facility. 
Joshua McKerrow - The CapitalTOP: Annapolis Mayor Ellen O. Moyer, in the red jacket, and others — including former mayor Dean Johnson, seated to her right — toast water treatment plant employees with a glass of freshly treated city water. BOTTOM: Two new million-gallon clearwell tanks will replace the old one, foreground, built in 1896. The two new tanks, shown in the background, are part of a long-term project to rebuild the antiquated city water treatment facility that still turns out award-winning water. Find Us On Facebook
"We're bringing it into the 21st century from the 19th," city Water Plant Superintendent James FitzGerald said Wednesday. He's not far off. The technology used to bring fresh water to taps across the city is built upon the original water plant facilities built just after the Civil War, with major upgrades coming in the 1920s and 1940s. The new "clearwell tanks" are huge, enclosed concrete domes...
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