Collection Systems Resources

  1. Xylem Engages In Award-Winning Rehab And Bypass Project With North Carolina Utility 1/30/2020

    The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) in North Carolina engaged in a capital improvement project to help address their aging infrastructure.

  2. Flood Event Prompts Portable Back-Up Pump Solution For Potable Water Network 1/30/2020

    When a storm event shut down both Southern Iowa Rural Water Association pump stations, it caused authorities to scramble to move water to their customers. 

  3. Victor Valley Recovers From Mojave Desert Environmental Catastrophe 1/30/2020

    Pushed beyond the limits of its banks, the Mojave River gushed at more than 36-cubic-feet-per-second in the Upper Mojave Narrows. It was an environmental catastrophe and needed attention immediately.

  4. Bypass Enables Critical Upgrades For Aging Sewer Lines In Greenwich, Connecticut 1/30/2020

    Greenwich, Connecticut is a scenic New England town that is home to approximately 60,000 people. Its ongoing initiatives include repairs and upgrades to the town’s wastewater treatment plant and 28 pumping stations.

  5. Providing Pumping & Control Equipment To Reduce Force Main Pressure 1/30/2020

    HRSD, the regional wastewater treatment utility in southeast Virginia, had been experiencing high pressures in their Williamsburg area force main network during wet weather events.

  6. Historic Rains In Memphis Lead To Monumental Emergency Bypass 1/30/2020

    Record rainfalls in Memphis, TN eroded the soil supporting a sanitary sewer main, causing the line to fail. An emergency bypass was needed fast to facilitate the repair work on the 96” sewer main.

  7. Xylem Designs Permanent Backup Pump Solution To Prevent Another Overflow In Jonesborough 1/30/2020

    In spring 2016, a significant rain event sent the Jonesborough Wastewater Department in Tennessee back to the drawing board.

  8. Moving Fast To Perform 'Triple Bypass' Operation For Wastewater Treatment Plant 1/30/2020

    The first sign of trouble in “America’s Hometown” came on December 19, 2015. Plymouth, Massachusetts is the celebrated site where the Pilgrims landed in 1620, but on this day the prominent municipality was facing a major problem: the 4.5mile force main from the Water Street Pump Station to the Plymouth Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) had given way.

  9. Xylem Pairs Godwin And Flygt Pumps To Assist With Emergency Tunnel Project 1/30/2020

    The city of Atlanta faced a critical problem in 2013 when the city’s Nancy Creek Tunnel failed due to years of sediment buildup.

  10. Bypass System At Onondaga County Pump Station Enables Completion Of Vital Upgrades 1/30/2020

    When the West Side sewage pump station in Onondaga County, New York, prepared to undergo its first major upgrade in over 30 years, the project required a bypass system to move a peak flow of 30 million gallons per day (MGD). The bypass contractor for the project worked with Xylem to design and install a temporary system to convey the full amount of flow.