Niagara Falls water tower to come down, be replaced by a larger one
Published August 24, 2022 at 1:54 pm
The Niagara Falls water tower at Lundy’s Lane will one day be dismantled and replaced with a larger one.
However, Niagara Region says the new one won’t be built until the loose timeline of 2025 to 2028.
Said the region, “The Region’s 2016 Master Servicing Plan identified volume deficiencies at the Lundy’s Lane elevated tank and recommended the replacement of the tank with a new larger tank to provide additional system capacity to support growth and simplified pumping strategies.”
Presently, the Lundy’s Lane site is undergoing an Environmental Assessment, which will “define the problems and opportunities associated with the site, develop and evaluate alternative strategies, determine a feasible solution, and identify methods to avoid or minimize impacts on the community and natural environment.”
However, there is a residents’ component as there will be a Public Information Centre next month, followed by another in February 2023.
The region will finalize its design of the new tower in 2023-2024 with dismantling and reconstruction set for 2025 to 2028.
Long-time Niagara Falls residents may remember that the water tower used to have the name Stamford on it, rather than Niagara Falls.
That’s because Niagara Falls ended up being the sum total of many small townships.
Originally called Elgin, the community merged with Clifton in 1856 and was known by that name until 1881, when its name was changed to Niagara Falls. It was incorporated as a city in 1904.
In 1963, the city was greatly expanded when it merged with Stamford township.
The Niagara Falls water tower (or elevated water storage, as engineers call it) at Lundy’s Lane will be dismantled sometime in 2025 and replaced with a larger one by 2028.