Pumps and Drives Resources

  1. Project Engineer vs. Maintenance — A Valve And Pump Enclosure Tug-Of-War 2/3/2016

    Spec a pump enclosure once, live with it for years.

  2. Leading The (Re)Charge: How The SFPUC Is Protecting San Francisco Bay Area Groundwater 2/1/2016

    The Hetch Hetchy Regional Water System is vulnerable to both drought and earthquakes, but innovative resiliency efforts by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will keep the water flowing.

  3. DOE Sets New Rule For Pump Efficiency 1/7/2016

    This one's not on you, plant operators. Rather than a charge for utilities to aim higher in performance, the latest regulation to impact water treatment operations, as well as others, falls on equipment manufacturers — those who make pumps.

  4. Math Solutions: Additional Pump Performance And Efficiency Calculations 12/2/2015

    Wastewater consultant and trainer Dan Theobald (“Wastewater Dan”) closes the loop on pump performance.

  5. Prepare To Pump Up Efficiency 6/30/2015

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed its first-ever energy standards for commercial and industrial pumps, aimed at saving energy in the agricultural and municipal clean water sectors.

  6. How To Deliver Better Water And Increase Consumer Confidence Simultaneously 8/29/2014

    Created in 1995 to help prevent another Cryptosporidium or similar outbreak, the Partnership For Safe Water offers self-assessment and optimization programs for drinking water utilities