Rainbow MWD approves contract for water tank staircases

The Rainbow Municipal Water District will be installing staircases in its steel water tanks and railing systems on the top of those tanks.

A contract with the Utility Services Company division of Suez Water Technologies and Solutions was approved on a 4-0 Rainbow board vote Oct. 23 with Bill Stewart absent. The $1,528,626 contract will cover all 12 of the district's steel reservoirs and will result in the installation of the staircases and railing systems over a seven-year period.

"This is to make it for better access of the tanks for inspection and maintenance and also to improve safety," sai...