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CONFERENCE SUNDAY EVENING.
ALMOST EXACTLY A YEAR AGO..
THE GOODLAND WATER TOWER
MESS.. PHYSICALLY AND
NEWS 18'S BRITTANY TYNER
REPORTS.. MORE THAN A MILLION
DOLLARS LATER.. THE NEWTON
COUNTY TOWN IS BACK UP AND
RUNNING BETTER THAN EVER.#@
BRITTANY: ON THE MORNING OF
NOVEMBER 8TH, 2011.. GOODLAND
RESIDENTS WOKE UP TO THIS.. A
COLLAPSED WATER TOWER. MARK
TURNER HAS LIVED IN GOODLAND
FOR 30 YEARS AND LIVES JUST A
BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE THE
TOWN'S WATER TOWER USED TO
GRAVEL LOT. HE SAYS IT'S HARD
TO BELIEVE IT'S BEEN A YEAR
SINCE THAT MORNING HE WOKE UP
TO THE TOPPLED TOWER.TURNER:
"WE GOT UP EARLY AND REALIZED
WE DIDN'T HAVE WATER. SEEN A
LOT OF COMMOTION, FINALLY WE
GOT OUT AND DID SOME
INVESTIGATING. I CAME BACK AND
TOLD THE WIFE THAT THE TOWER
FELL. SHE SAID, 'YOU'RE
KIDDING ME!"BRITTANY: BUT
THE TOWN OF GOODLAND NOW HAS A
BRAND NEW WATER TOWER..
LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN,
AWAY FROM RESIDENTS AND THEIR
HOMES. TOWN COUNCIL PRESIDENT
JIM BUTLER SAYS FOR TEN
MONTHS.. THE TOWN UTILIZED AN
UPDATED PUMP SYSTEM. TWO
MONTHS AGO.. THE NEW WATER
TOWER WAS READY TO GO.
QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN ON WHAT
CAUSED THE OLD ONE TO COLLAPSE.
BUTLER: "WE BELIEVE THAT
THERE WAS AN EROSION OR A
CORROSION ISSUE IN PART OF THE
STANDPIPE."BRITTANY SU:
"BUTLER SAYS THE TOTAL COST
FOR THE COLLAPSED WATER TOWER
AND GOODLAND'S NEW WATER TOWER
IS AT $1,042,000."BRITTANY:
BUTLER CAN'T TELL NEWS 18 MUCH
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COLLAPSE
BECAUSE OF A PENDING LAWSUIT
BETWEEN THE TOWN'S INSURANCE
COMPANY AND THE COMPANY THAT
MAINTAINED THE WATER TOWER. HE
SAYS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
CITIZENS' PATIENCE.. THE
SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN
WORSE.BUTLER: "AS WE'VE HAD
STREETS DUG UP AND THAT SORT
OF THING, PEOPLE JUST DEALT
TO BE AND THEY DEALT WITH IT
AND THEY'VE BEEN GREAT."
TURNER: "EVERYBODY GOT BY.
NOW WE GOT OUR NEW ONE OUT
THERE IN THE COUNTRY NOW."
RESIDENTS HOPE STANDS FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.REPORTING