Sports Park Elevated Water Storage Tank

This Reedley, California community sure is proud of their new Sports Park Complex that has been a long-time coming. It has had a considerable amount of layout and forethought put into every aspect of the sports park complex’s design, including locating and focusing this 1,500,000 gallon Fluted Column Tank in the central hub of the new sports park complex footprint layout.

This all-steel elevated tank supports close to 13 million pounds of water alone and peaks at 155.5 feet in the air. Due to its California location, higher winds, seismic forces, and air quality checks/controls added to the design/implementation challenges of this multi-purpose fluted column tank structure. It has an inside elevator for public transport between multiple insulated floors which are fully circumferential on both the inside and the outside, as well as metal exterior canopies that provide shade and protection to patrons. There are multiple rooms inside for various uses (including eating, concessions, & announcing) plus a serious amount of electrical, SCADA, telemetry, piping, and valve work cleverly concealed from the public interface, a passive mixing system inside the bowl, and an all-metal roof handrail and antennae atop of the tank.

A complete Cathodic Protection system helps fight against the coastal corrosive atmosphere, three all-steel vertical pipes run from grade to the interior bowl area, a full column-diameter steel condensate ceiling is above the occupied space, multiple internal landings serving as structural stiffeners up the column, and over six doors and entrances which all increased the design complexity of this super tank structure.

Thousands of design and construction man-hours were spent to successfully deliver this astounding tank on this site. These many design and timing challenges were all overcome to produce the community’s newest and finest public center of attraction that is as massive as it is useful and has the following noteworthy points:

• Nearly 105,000 sq. ft. of total painted steel surface
• Over 815 cu. yds. of concrete support the super tank structure
• 665 tons of steel was used in the water tank and supporting structure
• Over 400 ft. of 12 in. diameter steel pipes fill, drain, and properly overflow the tank
• A beautiful painted color logo adorns the peaceful exterior