Killington water tank on Shagback Mountain takes shape

The walls are up on Killington’s new water tank on Shagback Mountain. When completed it’ll stand 35-40 feet tall including the dome, with 4-6 feet buried underground. The walls were cast and lifted into place last week by Preload, a company specializing in building prestressed concrete tanks onsite. A crew is here from Texas to get the job done by mid-August. Final completion of the water tank site is expected in early October. This is the first of two tanks planned for Shagback Mountain. The second will be built when demand requires it. Each will hold 750,000 gallons of water (weighing about 6 million pounds), according to Mitchell O’Neil from Dufresne Group Consulting Engineers.  Abbie Sherman, the public works director for the town of Killington, said the project is going well and that all crews expect to finish on deadline. This means the first working water hook-ups on the new municipal line will be ready next summer (2026).