California Water Service (Cal Water) has had a team dedicated to the maintenance of its water tank infrastructure since the 1970s. The Team faces significant challenges as it strives to maintain the reliability of more than 450 water tanks throughout the State of California. Some of these challenges include tighter State regulations, increased visibility from the public, limited resources, aging infrastructure, and an aging workforce that will take their valuable institutional knowledge into retirement with them. Cal Water's Tank Maintenance Program is expanding to address a need for a higher standard of service, including changing the geometry of the tanks so that it will help benefit the effectiveness of the coatings and using SSPC standards to inspect tanks and create new coating projects.

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Appurtenances, Coating inspection, Water, Coatings, Structures, Water tanks, Inspection, Vapors, Roofs, Equipment, Infrastructure, Maintenance, Calcareous deposits
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