Carbon fiber used to restore historic structure12/28/2020
The Sunset Heights Pump Station and Reservoir is made up of two tanks with the capability of holding up to eight million gallons of water. It is one of the city’s oldest structures, and it plays an important role in how El Paso Water distributes water to different areas of the city. In March, the tremors of a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in Mentone, Texas damaged the decades-old structure, causing it to leak. Now, EPWater is using a relatively new technique to the water sector to rehabilitate large facilities with reinforced carbon fiber.
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