Tank repair limits water at Logan Pass

 Visitors to Logan Pass in Glacier National Park are encouraged to bring their own water or refillable water bottles this week while temporary water tanks are being installed. 

The water system at Logan Pass was shut down Tuesday afternoon. It is anticipated that a temporary system will be operating by the weekend.  

Until then, the park will provide a number of large water bottles in the Logan Pass parking area for visitors to fill their own water bottles. Refillable water bottles also are available for purchase at the Logan Pass Visitor Center from the Glacier National Park Conservancy. 

Restrooms at Logan Pass will be operational. 

The permanent water tank that provides drinking water to Logan Pass will be rehabilitated and coated this summer and fall. In the interim, two temporary tanks will provide drinking water.  

Last week the temporary 5,000-gallon tanks were hauled to Logan Pass on Going-to-the-Sun Road, then airlifted to a spot one-half mile northwest of the Visitor Center. 

The main water tank that provides drinking water to Logan Pass was installed in 1964. The tank’s interior and exterior surfaces need to be sandblasted and coated.  The circular tank is approximately 8 feet high and 17 feet in diameter and has a 13,600-gallon capacity.  

The temporary tanks will be removed, probably this fall, when the main tank is back in service.