Entries by Mark Taylor

See you at the Station – Packaged Waste Water Lift Station

“Pump City, USA” saves over $3,000.00 dollars annually on their power bill by retrofitting to a Taylor Made packaged waste water lift station” As a member of the Energy Trust Alliance, Taylor Made packaged waste water lift stations, makes energy consumption the utmost of importance in every facet of the design of the packaged waste […]

See you at the Station – Keep it Simple Waste Water Lift Station

“Keep it simple, Sir”, when designing a Packaged Waste Water Lift Station. No disrespect here as the acronym “KISS” is well known to stand for “Keep it simple stupid”. Sir, is much more appropriate as we are dealing with professional engineers and public works officials who undertake a difficult task when specifying a packaged waste […]

See You at the Station – NPSH

A Positive Story about Managing the Liquid Limit in a Waste Water Lift Station   Here is the good news about understanding the concept of, Net Positive Suction Head or NPSH. If you understand the theory of Bernoulli’s principle you probably do not need a basic overview of NPSH. The bad news is maybe you haven’t […]

See you at the Station-Avoiding Cavitation

“Cavitation can lead to premature failure of the sewage pump station” The above statement equates that if your submersible or dry prime pumps go down, that the whole pump station is down. The facts are the pump is to the sewage station what the heart is to the human body. When the pump stops, it […]

Waste Water Lift Station- A Blog About Clogs

Managing a waste water lift station. A pump clogs, that is just a fact.  Pumps within a waste water lift station do not get clean potable water like the centrifugal pumps do in the drinking water industry.  Sewage pumps are designed to handle most of the contents within raw sewage, but have clogging issues when […]

“Man Your Stations” Your Waste Water Pump Station That Is.

Sound familiar? The famous saying is related to a call to General Quarters and that all sailors drop what they’re doing and report to their battle stations.  A far different scenario than those good people employed to man and run a waste water pump station but there is a link between the two environments- although […]

Are you aware June is Save a Pump Month?

Because a pump is a terrible thing to waste…      Water and waste operators everywhere know the work horses of any municipal water or waste water system is the pump.  That is why many officials in the public and private sector, as well as manufacturers have joined with Taylor Pump Stations in proclaiming June […]

Wastewater lift station cleaning

Wastewater Lift Station Cleaning Wastewater lift station cleaning and safety is of high priority! The typical wastewater lift station contains decomposing organic material such as human fecal matter and industry waste by-products, which can be hazardous mixture of waste. It requires a wet well that is functional at all times and that means that lift […]

EZZ VAC by EZZ KLEAN

Available today at Oldcastle Wilsonville! 503-682-2844 www.oldcastleprecast.com Many design professionals and municipalities are specifying the new and revolutionary EZZ Klean process to help clean and maintain we wells, tanks and deep inlets. This U.S. patented device reduces maintenance costs, increases worker safety, and extends pump life, in every application.