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Wastewater Pump Stations 101: Working With Municipal Authorities
Romtec wastewater pump station completion
The design and construction of most wastewater pump/lift stations require review, inspection and approval by municipal authorities. In residential, commercial and industrial developments the municipal sewage agency will usually take ownership of the lift station after it is completed. As a result, communities don’t accept just any pumping system; there is often a lengthy specification with functional, structural, mechanical, electrical and communication requirements.
Fast design review, installation and approval help everyone. In the case of a residential, commercial or industrial development, the municipality probably won’t issue building permits until the lift station is completed. The challenge is to submit a design that meets all the community’s requirements and can be constructed quickly. To expedite approval by the agency, Romtec ensures that each lift station is designed, supplied and installed per the approved specification. Read more
Liners & Coatings Save Pump Station Concrete
Corrosion of unprotected concrete
Romtec Utilities offers PVC and fiberglass liners and epoxy coatings for the interior surfaces of concrete wet wells and vaults in our wastewater pump stations. These treatments help prevent damage to the concrete from gasses and liquids that may be present in the sewage. The most common concern is hydrogen sulfide gas emitted from municipal wastewater and the sulfuric acid that forms through a bacterially mediated process. A description of the process that causes degradation of concrete from sewage gas is copied from Wikipedia at the end of this article. Read more
Fiberglass Advantages
12' dia. prefabricated fiberglass wastewater pump station
Romtec Utilities’ complete sewage pumping systems are available with wet wells and vaults of either fiberglass or concrete. The high-quality Xerxes fiberglass underground tanks are delivered to the job site fully assembled and ready for pipe and pump installation. Here are some of the advantages of fiberglass:
- Complete one-piece structures require no field assembly. Pre-assembled fiberglass wet wells are ready to receive influent and discharge pipes, submersible or dry pit pumps and liquid level sensing devices.
- One-piece fiberglass vessels up to 12 feet diameter and 40 feet long can be shipped to any project location.
- Tanks have no joints to be sealed, so there is no potential for groundwater incursion.
- Unique rib design makes wet wells more resistant to uplift the deeper the tank is placed underground. Read more
Distribution warehouse gets submersible sewage pump station
Distribution warehouse pump station collects combined sanitary sewer, storm runoff and, potentially, water from the building's fire suppression sprinklers.
Pumping system handles combined sanitary sewer, stormwater and potential fire suppression system water.
Romtec Utilities recently supplied a sewage lift station to the new 750,000 square foot Ferguson Enterprises Regional Distribution Center built on the site of a former US Navy facility in Stockton, Calif. Thomas Graham Civil Design Group was the project engineer and pm2i was general contractor.
Romtec supplied all structural, mechanical, electrical andtelemetry systems in the station, which features a 6’ dia. pre-cast concrete wet well to collect the combined sanitary sewer and stormwater runoff, as well as potential drainage from the building’s fire suppression sprinkler system. Also included in the complete system are a pre-assembled valve vault and all ductile piping, U.L. listed electrical controls and SCADA, and two ITT Flygt submersible pumps that discharge through a 4” dia. force main to the municipal gravity sewer.
