Malfunctioning electronic system causes town water tank to blow its lid

A malfunctioning telemetry system caused a 600,000 gallon water tank used to store drinking water for Pine Bluffs to blow its lid. Fortunately, however, the town was just preparing to bring a new 300,000 gallon tank online.

In an email to the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board, Charles Lidstone, Town Engineer, said the problem began when the telemetry system failed, allowing water to be pumped from the wells at a rate of 900 gallons per-minute, causing the water to hit the 24-gauge mesh screen, which is required by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality and the Federal Environmen...