Downtown water tower getting a makeover

The Wake Forest skyline is about to have a new look.

The 150-foot-tall water tower situated near the intersection of East Holding Avenue and South White Street in downtown Wake Forest is getting a makeover.

Earlier this year, the Town of Wake Forest partnered with the City of Raleigh to re-paint the water tank. In case you didn’t know, Wake Forest and Raleigh merged their water and sewer systems in 2005. In accordance with the regional utility plan, the City of Raleigh assumed sole responsibility for operating, maintaining, improving, and expanding the water and wastewater collection system that serves the Town of Wake Forest. Since then, Wake Forest and Raleigh have worked together to schedule upgrades and improvements to Wake Forest's water and sewer system.

Now, Utility Service Company, a contractor working on behalf of the Town, is applying the Wake Forest Downtown logo to two sides of the water tank at a cost of $17,450. The logo will measure just over 35-feet long and 12-feet high.

The work began on Wednesday and is expected to be completed by Friday. The attached photo shows what the water tank will look like once the logo has been applied to one side.

Water towers store and distribute water, using gravity to make sure there’s enough pressure. In case you were wondering, the downtown tower holds 300,000 gallons of water.

Wake Forest Downtown introduced its new logo in March 2022.The icon used in the logo is inspired by a pattern of brick vents found on several building facades in downtown Wake Forest. Brick is a unifying element in the downtown business district and this unique pattern symbolizes the historic yet contemporary nature of downtown. It also represents downtown as the central core of Wake Forest.