Across North America, housing development continues to boom. With an investment in residential building construction projected to exceed $700 billion by the end of 2024, infrastructure expansion, including water and wastewater planning, must keep pace to support this growth. As development spreads to rural areas with minimal existing infrastructure, the costs for builders increase. Typically,…
Pressure sewers offer an alternative sanitary sewer option because they provide an economic solution to challenging environmental conditions. Gravity sewers are impractical in these situations, and septic systems pose risks to the environment. Pressure sewer systems utilize a network of grinder pumps. These pumps then transports wastewater through small-diameter pipes to a collection and treatment…
In the life of almost every pump installation, there comes a time when the pump needs to be replaced. This may be because of age, failures, or the station’s needs outgrowing the pump’s capabilities. Dry-run submersible wastewater pumps are a flexible solution that can replace several other pump types and provide benefits to the user…
Submersible and dry pit pumps have been used in wastewater lift stations for many years. These pump technologies have been successful, but another technology has been gaining popularity in recent years: the dry pit submersible pump. These are typically defined as solids handling pumps with close-coupled submersible motors that are also capable of running…
The explosive popularity of environmentally friendly low-flow appliances and “flushable” products has wreaked havoc on sewage systems worldwide. The combination of reduced water usage and increased solids content is causing significant clogging challenges, especially in pumps. The pump industry must react and adapt to provide reliable solutions as the wastewater stream changes. The grinder pump market exemplifies…
Traditionally in the solids handling pump market, there are three main installation categories: submersible pumps, dry pit pumps, and dry run submersible pumps. Submersible and dry pit pumps have both held their respective corners of the market for quite some time, but the dry run submersible pump is a newer design that merges the two…
