Sioux Center, Iowa — Sioux Center will soon have a third water tower.
The new tower will have more storage than Sioux Center’s two existing towers combined. It’s being planned to increase the system’s reliability now and for the future.
The Sioux Center City Council approved moving forward with design for a new water tower with a capacity of 750,000 to 1 million gallons, roughly 175 feet tall. It would be built in southern Sioux Center near the Walmart area in the next few years, with a tentative completion in 2028.
Currently, Sioux Center has about 650,000 gallons of elevated storage in its two water towers. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources recommends that Sioux Center should have at least an average day’s worth of water in elevated storage, which would be about a million gallons.
Demand for water continues to grow. Recently Sioux Center hit a new peak day: 1.8 million gallons in 24 hours.
Existing north Sioux Center water tower – KIWA Staff Photo
