Three Town Hall meetings are scheduled for the general public – March 13, April 15, and May 14. Please do not hesitate to contact the Village if you would like to schedule an additional small group or 1-on-1 meetings. Arrangements can be made to tour the recommended water tower site once the community engagement process...
The Village welcomes the community’s thoughts throughout this process. Please visit the Town Hall Meetings page to submit your questions and comments as well as to view the Town Hall presentation materials, and other information. New information will be added to this page throughout the community engagement process. Residents are also encouraged to attend the...
A transition to a new sole water source is not like flipping a light switch. For example, the expected transition to serve 60% of Madeira may take two years. Available water storage capacity (a larger water tower) would become increasingly important to the Village if the intent was to buy water from GCWW since reliability...
Madeira has had two different water suppliers for 75 years. This resulted in two different water rates for members of their community. Moreover, Madeira owns its water mains on the side of the city that IHWW supplies water. Consequently, they are responsible for the replacement of these mains. IHWW is only responsible for maintenance and...
Similar to the court decision in the 1940’s which led to IHWW being founded to avoid annexation into Cincinnati to receive water service, GCWW still does not have responsibility to serve water outside their jurisdiction. Indian Hill’s water needs would fall behind GCWW’s number one priority, City of Cincinnati businesses and residents. If GCWW had...
Indian Hill Water Works Benefits The Little Miami aquifer is the source of IHWW’s water. Underground aquifers are often preferred over surface water sources because they tend to be less susceptible to contamination and take longer to become contaminated due to natural filtration as groundwater moves through layers of rock and sediment. Water drawn from...
After the construction of the new water tower is built at a higher elevation, the existing tower will no longer be able to be functional and will be decommissioned from use. It is unknown at this time whether the Village will demolish the structure or continue to invest funds to maintain it into the future...
The Village understands that aesthetics of the water tower are important. The Village has engaged a consultant to prepare renderings of a basic water tower at the proposed elevation and size. This will be done from three different views toward the proposed site solely for purposes of estimating the visibility of the tower. The aesthetics...
The water tower height depends on three factors. First, the high water elevation of the proposed water tower will be designed to be set at 967’ above mean sea level (MSL) from engineering recommendations for the IHWW system and elevation range of the service area. The difference in elevation between the tower’s water level and...
A new water tower would slightly increase water pressure on the system. The water at a customer’s tap is directly impacted by the difference between the elevation of the tap and the elevation of the water level in the water tower. Each foot of height provides 0.43 pounds per square foot (psi) of water pressure....
While the Village has the legal right to use eminent domain, it prefers not to pursue challenges and risks significant project delays associated with taking of personal property rights with this route.
Please refer to the Water Tower Site Consideration packet using this link for detailed information about eight sites considered for the proposed water tower. Below is an excerpt from this document of the rationale summary chart: Potential Water Tower Site (Ranked in Order of Feasibility) Village- Owned Land Allowed by Deed Low Physical Constraints Central...
