C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir, Florida
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C.W. Young Reservoir
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The C.W. Bill Young Reservoir is located in Lithia, FL, and is operated by Tampa Bay Water
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The Reservoir first opened in 2005, after 10 years of construction. Abnormal cracking in the reservoir's soil-cement erosion-control layer became apparent in 2006, and led to a massive renovation of this 15.5 billion gallon reservoir beginning in 2012
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The reservoir collects water from the Alafia and Hillsborough Rivers
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The reservoir has a surface area of 1,100 acres, and has a perimeter of over 5 miles
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Aerial view of the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, with the diffuser bubble patterns distinctively visible
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Working in the "dry", as construction continues on the re-building of the reservoir. In the pictures above and below, there is actually a concrete plant in the center of the reservoir (in the distance)
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Preparing the pigtails which will eventually be connected to the diffusers and the towers......Ken, standing in front of one of the 7 aeration towers--soon to be submerged
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Site Pictures, August-September, 2014
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Our previous work-site
was under water when
we arrived in
August -- the reservoir
was filling at a rate of
1 million gallons per day
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Lots of wildlife to watch while we worked, but the fire ants were truly a nuisance!
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Wrangling water hyacinth for the contractor
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A nice, straight bubble pattern is visible on the surface of the reservoir from one of the diffusers
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