PUMP STATION MONITORING RESOURCES

• Dual Auger System Eliminates Clogged Pumps Caused By Flushable Wipes

  The Drake Pump Station, located in Saginaw, Michigan experienced chronic pump maintenance due to flushable wipes. Although the dry pit pump station represented only 0.1 million gallons per day (mgd) of flow in the city’s collection network, it required a substantial amount of servicing – up to three times a week. This consisted of two operators spending four hours manually removing rags in a confined space entry to clean out the clogged pump. It was a dirty, unplanned, and time-consuming task.

• Sarasota Gets A 'Lift' In Fight Against Sewage Leaks

  Sewage spills in Florida are frequent. A newspaper report in 2019 found deteriorating sewers released 1.6 billion gallons of wastewater within a decade in communities throughout the state. Daytona Beach, Jacksonville, and even tony Boca Raton, labeled the “Beverly Hills of Florida” with its yacht clubs and fancy restaurants, were among the regions impacted by failing systems.

• Reducing Emergency Sewer Repairs

  Wastewater treatment plant operators have dealt with clogging problems at their plants and pump stations for decades, but the meteoric rise in the use of disposable wipes and other non-dispersible products has accelerated the problem to epidemic proportions.

• Xylem’s Flygt N 3312 Electric Pump Provides Non-Clog Sewer Bypass Solution

  Electric submersible pump is another game-changing rental solution

• Temporary Bypass Provides Non-Clogging Solution For Lift Station System Upgrade

  Lift stations are an essential component of many municipal and industrial wastewater collection systems to move sewage from low to high elevation. Such is the case for the John Street lift station in Monroe County, New York, which serves both a large residential community and the nearby campus of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).

• Electric Or Diesel: Selection Criteria Should Include Operating Costs For Temporary Bypass Pumping

  For decades, the standard in temporary bypass pumping has been diesel-powered portable pumps, and for good reason: Their flexibility and the ability to set them up anywhere has made them the go-to choice. But with fluctuating fuel and rising servicing costs, as well as growing interest in cleaner, greener sources of power, electric-drive pumps can be a viable alternative for project needs, especially for longer-term projects.

• Upgrading A 100-Year-Old Pump Installation In New Orleans

  Sulzer pumps are customized to meet the unique requirements of an historic pumping station.

• Tunnel Dewatering

  Pablo Garcia, Global Business Development Manager at Sulzer, looks at how tunneling operations can be affected by the choice of pumping equipment used for dewatering.

• Revolutionizing Pumping Station Control

  Sulzer-led award-winning project improves performance and control of sewage pumping stations.

• Prison Facility Eliminates Frequent Submersible Pump Clogs With New Above-Grade Approach

  Prison sewage often contains extra trash, towels, and rags that enter the sewerage network and cause pump clogging problems. When a correctional facility underwent a capacity expansion, changes to its problematic submersible sewage pumping station coincided, resulting in a new operator-safe approach to combatting the ills of prison sewage pump clogs.