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Incorporating Risk into Mechanical Maintenance Decisions

ABSTRACT County Sanitation District 1 (CSD-1) provides wastewater collection services to about 269,000 connections in the Sacramento, California region. CSD-1 has nearly 2,800 miles of mainlines and collectors and operates 95 sewer pump stations. CSD-1 has implemented a risk based asset management program in both the pipeline and pump stations areas of the collection system. Though the two ...

Oct. 13, 2007

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Pump Stations Transfer of Ownership

The change in ownership of private sewage pumping stations is set to take place from now until October 2016. CountyClean Environmental Services advise on the changes currently underway. Some privately owned pumping stations will not be eligible for the transfer and you should check with your local water authority to find out if your pump station will be ...

Apr. 10, 2015

By CountyClean Environmental Services

Pumping Station CSI – Case Studies

These case studies show the results of what happens when modifications to a pumping station are conducted without an engineering investigation, and what can be avoided when one is performed. There are many competing interests for a municipality’s resources and careful decisions have to be made when deciding what needs are to be met. The purpose of the presentation of these case studies is not to ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Bedford Pumps` unique solution completes biggest M & E project for the Environment Agency

Bedford Pumps Ltd has completed its largest project to date with the refurbishment of the pumps and MCC at Altmouth Pumping Station, situated at the mouth of the River Alt in Merseyside, England. The Altmouth Pumping Station reduces the risk of flooding to more than 9000 properties and provides protection to approximately 20 square miles of grade A agricultural land. The low-lying surrounding ...

Sep. 19, 2011

By Bedford Pumps Ltd

Overhaul of pumping station Kuipersveer for Waterschap Hollandse Delta - Case Study

The Hollandse Delta water board commissioned Pleuger Water Solutions to overhaul the pumps of the Kuipersveer pumping station. This pumping station for management of the water level in the polder houses two pumps with an electric motor fitted horizontally under water. We dismantled the pumps and electric motor and overhauled them in our own workshop. We refitted the pumps once the overhaul work ...

Jul. 15, 2019

By Pleuger Water Solutions

Project - Floating Pumping station

10 Pumps x 116l/sec each HMT = 93m Total power: 1,6MWe Screening and cleaning system patented ...

May 7, 2020

By KAMPS s.a.

Pumping Stations, Your Options

There are many things to consider when thinking about pumping systems in developments, our Pumping Stations Manager talks through the options. Along with budgets, there are many factors to consider when choosing the right pumping station for a development, such as; Technical specifications – how much effluent is the pumping station going to need to remove? Space – how much space ...

Nov. 4, 2016

By T-T Pumps Ltd.

Municipal Wastewater Pump Station Design Problems and Solutions

The growth of the Northern Virginia Area around Washington D.C. has resulted in the requirement for numerous new wastewater pumping stations and the upgrade and expansion of existing pump stations. This paper presents practical problems and solutions associated with the following pump station design issues: 1.) Concrete Corrosion Protection, 2.) Corrosion Resistant Materials, 3.) Pump Protection ...

Oct. 21, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Blenkinsop Lift Pump Station, Victoria, British Columbia - Case study

Project Name: Blenkinsop Lift Pump Station Product: Grasspave2 Application: Access Road/Utility Access City: Victoria State/Province: British Columbia Install Date: October 2003 Install Size: 110 m2 (1200 sq ft) Address: 4575 Blenkinsop Road Client: District of Saanich Designer: Saanich Parks Contractor: GT Excavating Directions: 4575 Blenkinsop Road, pull off road around these boxes ...

Nov. 12, 2010

By Invisible Structures, Inc.

Case Study C - Glorietta Bay Pump Station in Coronado, California

Client: Glorietta Bay Pump Station in Coronado, California Facility: A Wastewater Pump Station located in a busy public park. Problem: How to eliminate wastewater odors while minimizing the visual impact. Decision: The client chose to use a BOHN BIOFITLE, in-ground biofilter with a grass cover. Outcome: The pump station has an around-the-clock odor control system that blends seamlessly into the ...

Jul. 18, 2020

By Bohn Biofilter Corporation

Pump Station in California - Case Study

Client: Glorietta Bay Pump Station in Coronado, California Facility: A Wastewater Pump Station located in a busy public park. Problem: How to eliminate wastewater odors while minimizing the visual impact. Decision: The client chose to use a BOHN BIOFITLE, in-ground biofilter with a grass cover. Outcome: The pump station has an around-the-clock odor control system that blends seamlessly into ...

May 3, 2017

By Bohn Biofilter Corporation

Evaluation of methods for reducing the total cost in rural water pumping stations in Iran: a case study

With regard to increasing energy costs, the issue of reducing energy consumption can be vital and essential. Pumping systems are one of the most widely used energy consuming systems in the water supply network. This work studies the optimization of Goharbaran pump station in Sari (Iran) with the purpose of achieving some extendable effective strategies which can be applied to the other ABFAR ...

Jan. 7, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Pump Stations - Case Study 1

Description Boyd Lake Pump Station, located on the edge of Boyd Lake, is 6′ diameter and 20′ deep with severe problems with infiltration levels at approximately 40%. It was virtually impossible for the city to replace the pump station due to its proximity to the lake. The rehabilitation would require a system that could be successfully installed during active infiltration. ...

Dec. 8, 2015

By Envirocort Technologies

Wastop installed in Thames Gateway Case Study

Problem: The Thames Gateway is an area of land in the southeast of England that stretches along the River Thames from the City of London eastwards through Thurrock and Bexley and on to Southend in Essex and Sheerness in Kent. Over the next 20 years, 120 000 new homes will be built and 180 000 new jobs will be created. The Environment Agency has built two large pumping stations and ...

Apr. 20, 2019

By Wapro AB

T-T project`s supply 11 pumping stations case study

T-T Projects have recently completed a scheme in South Wales providing eleven pumping stations on a nickel refinery plant called Vale Inco in Clydach who are owned by Brazilian mining giant CVRD (short for Companhia Vale do Rio Doce). The pumping stations consisted of one concrete chamber, with a selection of Planet Range Package Pumping Stations and Weolite chambers. Nine of the stations are ...

Mar. 1, 2014

By T-T Pumps Ltd.

Project Bogota, Colombia - Case Study

Landustrie supplied a total of nine (9) screen cleaning machines - type R71 - for several Sewage Pumping Stations of the Bogota Water Authority in Colombia. The Pumping Stations are located at Fontibon, Gibraltar, La Isla, Salitre, San Benito and Villa Gladis. All screen cleaners have been supplied with additional drive track, columns, control cabinet, electrical and level control ...

Feb. 3, 2014

By Landustrie Sneek BV

Goodness, gracious – great balls of fat

They're lurking in the sewers, rolling onwards, growing larger... Fat is a menace to pumping stations. Often forming balls reaching the size of footballs, they can mass in their hundreds, clogging up vital equipment as they float to the surface. The result? Blockages, toxic gases and, ultimately, expensive breakdowns. But they've met their match with a revolutionary new bio-technology - The ...

Apr. 10, 2011

By Cleveland Biotech Ltd.

Project - Drinking Water Plant: Asouan

Enginering and delivery: pumping station Floating and flexible hoses on the river Quantity: 18 Diameter: DN 900 for drinking water Delivery of +/-10km submersible cable 300mm² ...

May 7, 2020

By KAMPS s.a.

Emergency Stormwater Pumping Station

Two electric drive 8 inch pumps - BBA model BA180E D328 - are installed at a stormwater pumping station in Spartanburg, SC. The requirements were 5,500 GPM @65 Feet TDH and fully auto controlled with soft start and VFD. No risk with all components installed safe and dry in the durable sound attenuated BBA canopy. ...

Jun. 1, 2018

By BBA Pumps North America Inc.

Technology Emphasis: Hurricane Help

The past decade has ravaged Florida from its panhandle to the Keys, with five major hurricanes. In 2010, the city of Tallahassee determined that, for several of its master sanitary pump stations, adequate backup pumping capacity was necessary to continue basic services during the types of power outages that the hurricane seasons of previous years had brought. As a result, the city of Tallahassee ...

Jul. 14, 2012

By Griffin Dewatering Corporation

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