In mid-February, refurbishment began on Long Beach Township’s Peahala Park water tower, on the bay side of Long Beach Boulevard near the Acme supermarket. As LBT Water/Sewer Department Superintendent Michael Clark pointed out, “a lot of moving pieces” have to come together when one of the municipality’s tanks requires renewal, with a timeline that requires completion before the heart of summer – when the township needs all its towers up and running.

According to Clark, the Peahala Park water tower, along with the one in Beach Haven Terrace, was built in 1999-2000,…