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Water & Wastewater

Wet well

Definition

The chamber at a lift station that collects incoming wastewater and from which the pumps draw.

A permit-required confined space. Hydrogen sulfide is heavier than air, accumulates at the bottom, and rapidly deadens the sense of smell, so the absence of odor is not evidence of safety.

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