City Parks Wastewater Lift Stations

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City of Portland Parks answers the question, “Why purchase the Muni 105 EZZ-Klean™ Waste Water Lift Station?

The Portland Park System recently ordered a Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Station. This new Waste Water Lift Station will replace a Waste Water Lift Station that Hydrogen Sulfides had eaten away causing the station to fail prematurely. Premature failure of pumping components is extremely common and costly and contributes greatly to expanding our carbon footprint. The new Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Station features an epoxy coating for easy cleaning and lifelong hydrogen sulfide protection.

The City of Portland, Park Manager gave me direct feedback about why she chose us for the job. Engineers who work with Taylor Made Pump Stations often extol the benefits of the easy pump out features of our EZZ-Klean™ design, but it was somehow different to have these acknowledged by someone outside the industry.

Parks Wastewater Lift Station

The park manager as well as the park board’s enthusiasm about Taylor Made Pump Stations was due to the fact that our Taylor Made EZZ-Klean™ patented design addresses the regulatory issues of Oregon OSHA’s most recent confined space rules making your maintenance routine simple and safe. The bright green EZZ-Klean™ tube at the top of the station reminds your maintenance crew to simply “Pop the Top” to perform routine maintenance that is quick, easy and safe. Our lift stations save valuable time and money when compared to conventional wastewater lift stations.

Talking with our customers enlightens me to their concerns. Like so many clients, the park system chose us in part for the long-term operating and maintenance savings that our lift stations deliver. A more unique concern for the Portland Park System is the big challenge of having little trucks and other toys find their way into the lift stations pump basin. As harmless as that sounds, small metal toys or metal utensils wreak havoc on pump impellers. If you stick a fork in a pump it is usually the end of the pump!

Our stations protect the pump mechanism from foreign objects. Clogs and unnecessary damage will no longer cause headaches and expensive system repairs. Our one of a kind EZZ-Screen™ prevents accidentally flushed items such as metal toys, utensils and even rocks from damaging pump components.

The simple maintenance and cost effective savings of Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Station won over the director and board of the Portland Park System. We know that more and more park systems will also discover how Taylor Made can save time and money and streamline their wastewater systems.

We are licensed DEQ contractors, providing clients with over 35 years of knowledge and experience. Let our team act as an extension of your team to build efficiency, safety and profit into each and every project. Give us a call to learn how Taylor Made can save you time and money today.

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The Northern Most US Pump / Lift Station Shemya, Alaska

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The Most Northerly US Pump / Lift Station Shemya, Alaska

The Northern most pump station in the US was build by Taylor Pump Stations! We completed this Shemya, Alaska pump / lift station in early 2019! Taylor Pump Stations secured the contract because of our ability to work within the strict time constraints dictated by Alaskan weather. We also met funding requirements and we were able to deliver on the Engineer’s tough requirements. “I need a waste water lift station that will work in our corrosive marine environment.”

Shemya Island, Alaska – A Harsh Maritime Environment

Shemya Island, Alaska, Home of North Most US Pump Lift Station

Shemya Island, Alaska, Home of North Most US Pump Lift Station by Taylor Pump Stations Photo Credit

We  can design  our Pump / Lift Stations around the extra heavy-duty HDPE no-leak “Muni 105” wet well.  Along with 316 fasteners and rails with HI build epoxy coating on all layers and components. Because of high wind and sea water exposure in Shemya, Alaska, a small island in the Bering Sea, a NEMA 4X HDPE enclosure was stipulated to best offset the harsh marine environment. This pump down panel has external LED lights for each pump with alert lights for on/off states. A Manual on/off/ run toggle is provided for each motor. The Muni-105 features alteration of Duplex Pumps after each pump cycle.

Alarming is both visual and audio, with a bright red flashing beacon placed on the side for wetter, marine environments. A push to silence switch is located on the inside of the door. This is a class 1 sewage environment panel with intrinsically safe relays for the flow control switches. Flow control is via mechanical reed type switches operating for ‘lead then lag,’ and ‘high both pumps,’ the ‘high/high float’ insures redundancies for alarm condition.

Working with Special Requirement and in Difficult Places is our Specialty

We specialize in working with the unique requirements of every environment including harsh environments. Our pump /lift station in Shemya, Alaska is one of many examples of how we surpass all expectations and adapt to the special needs of each individual project.

Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Waste Water Park Pump Station

Taylor Made Completes EZZ Klean™ Waste Water Park Pump Station for the City of Portland

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The EZZ-Klean™ Municipal 105 Waste Water Park Pump Station by Taylor Made Pump Stations was recently selected by the City of Portland, Oregon because of the unique emphasis on worker safety. Widely known as one of the most environmentally conscious cities in the Pacific Northwest, the Portland Parks Department chose Taylor Made in an effort to protect staff as well as the environment. This design was customized specifically for the job, using the EZZ -Screen™ and EZZ- Klean™ components. The vacuum head was engineered to pump out from within the screen in an effort to save countless maintenance hours on cleaning required by traditional systems.

The City was so impressed with the EZZ- Screen™ that they requested a second customize installation before the completion of the first. This design will be one of the first HDPE high-flow screens in which two screens have been placed in a municipal wastewater station. Taylor Made will return to add features to assist in removing an initial splice box that the City incorporated into the station design to enable them to address vandalism concerns.

Behind every every EZZ-Klean™ Muni 105Waste Water Park Pump Station is a high-quality duplex control panel with redundancy in circuit control supplied by Rockwell Automation. The Muni 105 panel comes in either a High Density Polyethylene NEMA 4 cabinet or a 14 gauge powder-coated enclosure. Both are well-suited for outdoor use. The success of the Muni 105 panel is a step up in municipal wastewater flow control from the Muni 104. The controller has multiple settings for duplexing operation and low level off, lead/lag switching and a high level alarm float switch. A transducer option is available for flow control and liquid level sendings. An alternating switch activates the lead/lag operation. NEMA approved intrinsic barriers are installed within every panel. A Rockwell/Allen/Bradley PLC is a standard feature on the Muni 105 Taylor Pump Station and is the distinguishing upgrade from the Muni 104 Pump Station panel.

This entry-level controller has an easily expandable format to meet telemetry requirements, full supervisory control and data acquisition. The PLC at its foundation allows for visual monitoring of all basic pump functions. It offers small municipalities and large park systems the ability to remotely communicate with one another.

The new Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Station features an epoxy coating for easy cleaning and lifelong hydrogen sulfide protection. Clogs and unnecessary damage will no longer cause headaches and expensive system repairs. The one of a kind EZZ-Screen™ prevents accidentally flushed items such as metal toys, utensils and even rocks from damaging the system.

The Taylor Made Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ patented design addresses the regulatory issues of Oregon OSHA’s most recent confined space rules making maintenance simple and safe. The bright green EZZ-Klean™ tube at the top of the station reminds maintenance crews to simply “Pop the Top” to perform routine maintenance that is quick, easy and safe. Taylor Made Pump Stations save valuable time and money when compared to conventional wastewater lift stations.

Imagine a hassle free pump station! Discover the Taylor Made difference and install the Park 105 EZZ-Klean™ Waste Water Park Pump Station today. The simple maintenance and cost effective savings of Taylor Made Pump Stations streamline wastewater systems. Taylor Made staff are licensed DEQ contractors, providing clients with over 35 years of knowledge and experience.