Faulty filter fouls fountain
Posted on Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Twin Springs Fountain in Twin Springs Park might start again as soon as this week.
Water stopped flowing from the fountain about one week ago when a fitting on the filter broke, said Scott Hodge, manager of Siloam Springs Parks and Recreation Department.
The fountain's pump stopped once the system lost pressure.
"It shut itself off," Hodge said. "It has an override."
The filter part might be replaced this week, Hodge said. The part might be in this week.
The fountain has worked well since it was officially started April 24, he said.
Nearly 100 people gathered around the fountain to see water flow down the fountain's four tiers.
The fountain had a trial run April 14.
Siloam Springs Community Improvement Fund raised nearly half of the money needed to pay for the $ 82, 856 fountain.
The city paid the remaining cost with special, one-time turnback funds from the state.
David Roberts of Roberts and Williams Associates in Little Rock designed the fountain and All Around Landscaping of Springdale was hired to build the fountain.
The fountain was built using poured concrete for its base and three bottom tiers.
Pieces of cut stone were placed on the facade of the bottom three tiers and the fountain's basin.
Troy Anderson of Siloam Springs made a bronze sculpture of a great blue heron standing on a lily pad.
The sculpture tops the fountain.
The fountain replaced the one that was built in 1936 by the National Youth Administration, which was a New Deal agency providing jobs for out-ofschool youth.
The old fountain's stones were used to build the enclosure around the electrical box and water filters for the new fountain.
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