Weston Covered Storage Tanks

Construction of a 20 million-gallon covered drinking water storage facility to provide higher and more stable water pressures to a large service area in the metropolitan Boston vicinity. This project encompassed a small portion of the rebuilding of the century-old Hultman Aqueduct.

Client:		MWRA
Designer:		Sverdrup Civil, Inc.
Size:		20 Million Gallons

 

Project Features

• Two concrete water storage tanks holding 8 and 12 million gallons.
• Tanks buried below ground, landscaped and covered with meadow grass.
• Extensive blasting and excavation.
• Replacement of a portion of the existing aqueduct leading up to the gatehouse.
• Series of underground piping and concrete valve chambers.
• Installation of 120″, 84” and 60’ diameter piping.
• Cleaning and cement lining of the existing 60″ WASM pipe.
• 25,000 CY of concrete poured overall.
• J/V with Barletta Construction.