A ROUGH surface is preventing Wodonga's water tower being transformed into a giant artwork.
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The building at the bottom end of High Street, which will have its centenary in 2024, has long been a landmark.
However, with places such as Lockhart turning a water tower into a giant mural and countless silos becoming canvasses the question has been why can't Wodonga do likewise with its icon.
Wodonga councillor Libby Hall was quizzed about it earlier this month at a ratepayers' association meeting.
"We've had that brought up a lot and the problem is the surface," Cr Hall said.
"That's not to say that we couldn't have a wrap of some sort around it."
Business Wodonga president Graham Jenkin said his group which promotes growth in the city had approached the council about painting the tower.
"We've raised it with council before and been told that they've done a study into it and the surface can't be painted on," Mr Jenkin said.
"The mayor has told me that.
"I wish there was more than could do, but I don't believe it's possible."
Since then it has been regularly lit up in different shades in support of ovarian cancer, elder abuse and other causes.
Mr Jenkin said the lighting meant the tower stood out to those travelling on the Hume Freeway.
He said ideally a mural on the tower would reflect the city's history from Aboriginal ties to livestock to the railways.
The tower was opened in 1924 and provided Wodonga's main water supply until it was decommissioned in 1959.