Municipalities Are Focusing On The Reliability Of Their Lift Station Backup Plans

By Stephanie E. Morgan, Godwin Pumps

With the increasing regulatory enforcement for sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs), more municipalities have been forced to ask themselves: how reliable is my lift station backup plan? In an effort to avoid SSOs, schedule preventive maintenance, and allow for future growth, an increasing number of utilities are replacing traditional backup generators with independently powered backup pump stations.