Water & Wastewater
Lift station
Definition
A facility that collects wastewater in a wet well and pumps it up to a higher gravity line or into a force main, where topography stops gravity flow working.
A duplex station has two pumps, each sized to handle peak flow alone, so the station keeps working when one is out of service. A mid-size utility may own dozens or hundreds of them, unattended.
Also known as: pump station, sewage pumping station.
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