{"id":464672,"date":"2026-10-13T11:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464672\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T11:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T11:18:15","slug":"central-texas-water-towers-compete-for-national-tank-of-the-year-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464672\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Texas water towers compete for national Tank of the Year title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Water towers in four Central Texas communities are in the running for national recognition, and residents have until Friday to help one of them win.<\/p>\n<p>Tanks in Manor, Mason, Spicewood and West Lake Hills are among the entries in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankoftheyear.com\/tank-of-the-year-2026\/?location_filters[]=tx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 Tank of the Year contest<\/a>, an annual competition run by Kansas City, Missouri-based coatings manufacturer Tnemec Co. The contest recognizes water storage tanks across North America for their design, creativity and craftsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankoftheyear.com\/tank-of-the-year-2026\/west-lake-hills-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">West Lake Hills<\/a> entry is a pale green ground-level tank ringed by a band of artwork by local elementary school students. The community asked the students to show what water conservation looks like to them, and their drawings were enlarged and painted onto the tank, according to the contest website.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The West Lake Hills entry is a pale green ground-level tank ringed by a band of artwork by local elementary school students. The community asked the students to show what water conservation looks like to them, and their drawings were enlarged and painted onto the tank, according to the contest website. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/751267f2-703b-4c50-a433-07f36a824181-West_Lake_Hills_Texas.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The West Lake Hills entry is a pale green ground-level tank ringed by a band of artwork by local elementary school students. The community asked the students to show what water conservation looks like to them, and their drawings were enlarged and painted onto the tank, according to the contest website. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)<\/p>\n<p>The other three local entries use more traditional designs. <\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankoftheyear.com\/tank-of-the-year-2026\/mason-texas-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mason<\/a>, a white single-pedestal tower carries the town\u2019s name in purple block letters, with the M set inside a horseshoe. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"In Mason, a white single-pedestal tower carries the town\u2019s name in purple block letters, with the M set inside a horseshoe. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7aa6097d-bcbb-443e-b9f8-f03c666c0c44-Mason_Texas_1.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Mason, a white single-pedestal tower carries the town\u2019s name in purple block letters, with the M set inside a horseshoe. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankoftheyear.com\/tank-of-the-year-2026\/manor-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Manor<\/a> entry, owned by Manville Water Supply Corp., is a white elevated tank on a concrete pedestal that displays the utility\u2019s name and a valve logo. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Manor-area entry, owned by Manville Water Supply Corp., is a white elevated tank on a concrete pedestal that displays the utility\u2019s name and a valve logo. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ce6651e0-6b6a-4c83-abc3-1e7facd1405b-Manor_Texas.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Manor-area entry, owned by Manville Water Supply Corp., is a white elevated tank on a concrete pedestal that displays the utility\u2019s name and a valve logo. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tankoftheyear.com\/tank-of-the-year-2026\/spicewood-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spicewood<\/a>, a classic multi-legged tower with a cone-shaped roof bears the letters \u201cCR\u201d in black.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"In Spicewood, a classic multi-legged tower with a cone-shaped roof bears the letters \u201cCR\u201d in black. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/70e671e2-8c88-4909-981b-182e463bb4d4-Spicewood_Texas.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In Spicewood, a classic multi-legged tower with a cone-shaped roof bears the letters \u201cCR\u201d in black. (Photo: Tnemec Co.)<\/p>\n<p>Public voting for the People\u2019s Choice award opened last week and closes Friday. Voters can choose their favorite at <a href=\"https:\/\/tankoftheyear.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tankoftheyear.com<\/a>. One vote is allowed per email address.<\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Choice winner automatically becomes a finalist. A committee of water tank enthusiasts then selects 11 more finalists, and the official Tank of the Year is chosen from those 12 entries. The winner is scheduled to be announced Oct. 23.<\/p>\n<p>This year marks the contest\u2019s 20th anniversary. Tnemec launched the competition in 2006 to give water professionals and communities a platform to share the stories behind tanks that have become local landmarks.<\/p>\n<p>More than two dozen Texas tanks are entered this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Water towers in four Central Texas communities are in the running for national recognition, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-464672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}