Thursday,  November 8, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 114 • 3 of 38 •  Other Editions

Pierpont's new water holding tank to go online next week

• Pierpont residents should notice a change in their water next week as the new holding tank goes online. The new tank and water system is the result of several months planning and a Federal Grant.
• The residents voted last January to install a new holding tank and water system rather than spend costly repairs on the old water tower that was at the end of its life span.
• "We held a town meeting in January," Audrey Johnson, Pierpont Chairman, said. "We discussed the water issues and voted to try for the grant to get a new system."
• The new holding tank is filled by

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The frame for the building holding the new water system goes up behind the fire hall in Pierpont. The building will protect the system and provide storage for the town. (Photo #966 by Char Telkamp)

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