LOL. Rather than speculate and worry about shit that doesn't matter, why not look for a real world example? This is not the first time anyone has ever had to empty a water tower.
Here's a news story from 2011 in Plano. They drained a 1.5 million gallon tower to repaint the inside (it was news b/c it was during a drought and pissed off residents). Must have been pretty bad right? How would they ever quantify the damage?!?
Water. So much water.
Inside scoop: they are drained from hydrants. 1,000,000 gallons at 1500 gpm would take just 11 hours for a single hydrant to drain the whole thing.
Here's a news story from 2011 in Plano. They drained a 1.5 million gallon tower to repaint the inside (it was news b/c it was during a drought and pissed off residents). Must have been pretty bad right? How would they ever quantify the damage?!?
"Water was all up and down the street there", said Howard Schaeffer, who lives nearby. In fact, one or two sewers couldn't handle it. So it went down on that way to other sewers.
Inside scoop: they are drained from hydrants. 1,000,000 gallons at 1500 gpm would take just 11 hours for a single hydrant to drain the whole thing.
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