Wastewater Pumping Systems Manual
Collaboration with industry-experts
We have worked with five water and sewerage companies to produce a comprehensive guide to the civil engineering design of wastewater pumping systems.
The manual builds on our successful rising mains manual produced in 2006 and considers our experience in the investigation of rising mains failures and our research into reducing energy consumption in wastewater pumping systems.
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Addressing issues arising with upgrading sewer systems
New wastewater pumping systems are often used when upgrading or extending sewer systems or to facilitate developing difficult sites. During the initial planning stage, important design decisions are taken without specialist knowledge of pumping systems. The detailed civil engineering design can also be undertaken by inexperienced designers, so design flaws remain unaddressed.
Ill-informed design changes during construction that are not addressed by the design team can compromise the design, in addition to subsequent modifications made by operations staff.
Wastewater pumping systems can have much higher failure rates and reduced pumping capacity
This can lead to environmental damage, particularly in large capacity systems and where rising mains fail, as a high proportion of water industry environmental prosecutions relate to problems with pumping systems. Changes to the profile of rising mains on site or failure to meet tolerances due to inappropriate construction methods are often major causes of problems with rising mains, often significantly reducing capacity and causing operational problems. Replacing pumps without proper consideration of the rising main is a major cause of mains failure, resulting in serious cost and reputational implications.
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