Located 28 miles east of Memphis on Tennessee Highway 64, Oakland, TN, is one of the region’s fastest growing towns. Yet, as urban-weary Memphians move east to live in quieter small-town surroundings, the sudden swell in population has caused significant strain on a transmission line running from the Oakland Water Treatment Plant to the western portion of Fayette County, TN.
By 2004, the 8-inch pipeline the town installed in 1980 was no longer sufficient to serve all of its residents. The last straw occurred that summer when an elevated water storage tank ran dry because of the increased demand on the county water supply from the many new utility customers. Underground Construction, September 2006.
Trenchless Construction
Pipe size used: 16"
