ECUA Adding Beach-Themed Mural to Innerarity Point Water Tank

Pensacola, FL (Newsradio 92.3) -- A water tank on Innerarity Point is about to become a piece of public art.

The ECUA board approved a mural for the ground storage tank at its meeting Tuesday night. Executive Director Bruce Woody said the design will wrap around the entire tank and feature a beach scene reflecting the community.

"There are going to be three bands of color," Woody said. "The lowest band represents sand, and it'll be kind of wavy in shape. The band above that will be very light-colored, and it will represent water, the water line. Then there'll be a third band above that that'll represent the horizon, the sky."

The foreground will feature a sunset with ripples on the water, palm trees, sea oats, and an outline of Fred the Blue Heron.

Woody said the contract was awarded Tuesday night and work should be complete within 90 days.

The mural is part of ECUA's ongoing effort to turn routine maintenance into community enhancements. Ground storage tanks require periodic coating renewal, and elevated tanks are repainted approximately every 15 years at a cost of about $1 million each.

Woody said the board supports adding murals to tanks whenever possible but wants the artwork to reflect the community.

"Our only preference, certainly, is that it be neutral in terms of what it promotes," Woody said. "It needs to promote the community, creating a sense of place, those types of intents."