Why is the county building a 113.5-foot concrete silo at the Madison County Landfill on Buyea Road in the Town of Lincoln? The silo is actually a pedestal that will be topped off with a water storage tank that will hold 122,700 gallons of water from the Onondaga County Water Authority (OCWA).
The water project, as it is termed by landfill employees, will provide clean and potable (drinkable) water to the landfill campus, future businesses at the Agriculture and Renewable Energy (ARE) Park and eventually, those residents living along the new water line that runs from Canastota to Buyea Road.
The water storage tank can be expanded to hold 245,600 gallons if needed for future businesses at the ARE Park.
A pump station on Oxbow Road near St. Agatha’s Cemetery will fill the smaller storage tank that is located on Tuttle Road near the Lincoln Highway Garage. This tank is 37.5 feet tall. There is a second pump station next to the smaller storage tank. Once the smaller storage tank is filled; it holds 151,000 gallons, water is pumped up to the Buyea Road storage tank.
The new water project includes the added benefit to local residents of fire hydrants along the newly installed water line. Still another benefit of this new system is that the county will at long last be able to construct a fire training facility, something that has been advocated for many years.
