What We Do

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Taylor Made Pump Stations is an industry specialist in the construction and the installation of Prepackaged Pump Stations (manufactured by us or any other brand of pre-packaged Station) for sanitary and storm drainage applications. We are experienced, licensed providers and installers of in-the-ground lift stations. Our experience results from many years of installing such Pump Stations. We are also well experienced in the construction of owner designed Pump Stations

We have developed the capability of manufacturing superior pre-packaged Lift Station designed specifically for your application. Your pump station will be as automatic as you wish and will provide years of low cost maintenance. Your project will benefit by working with the Taylor Pump Station in house team of Contractors, Manufacturers, Engineers, and SCADA personnel.

Our goal at Taylor Pump Stations is to secure good relationships where clients recognize Taylor as a Premium supplier of Packaged Pump Stations.

Why not become a customer of Taylor pump Stations and the EZZ Klean products and start saving your customers energy costs and workmen the dangerous jobs of cleaning wet wells.

Our personnel act as an extension of your team to build efficiency and profit into each and every project.

Whether installed by our team or by others, Taylor Made Pump Stations are the finest design-build pump station in the industry today. Taylor Made Pump Stations come pre-fitted with guide-rails, cast-in-place HDPE liner, and your choice of pre-cast connections. We can also provide on site bore drilling for your field connections. We will construct your lift station to meet your specific application. The Taylor Made Pump Station team is set to assist in you deciding whether you go with a new pre-packaged station or retrofitting an existing lift station.

We ask you for the opportunity to quote your next pump station package and/or installation. We want to help you find solutions to your pumping challenge. As always, consultations and estimates are at no cost to you.

Your pump station will be automatic and  provide years of reduced energy use and low maintenance. Your project will benefit by working with the Taylor Pump Station team of contractors, Energy Trust consultants and manufactures, SCADA personnel, and design professionals.

38667 Energy Trust pump station specifications are written into all of Taylor’s estimate and purchase order forms.  Whether installed by our team or by others, the Taylor Made Pump Stations are of the highest quality, design-built pump stations in the industry. We incorporate the EZZ-Klean™ technology within our Taylor Made Pump Stations . Each lift station comes with guide-rails, a cast in HDPE liner or a reinforced fiberglass bottom section.  You also have a choice of our shop coring the penetrations for the pipe, or we will provide a “Hilti”drill foruse in the field for those flow considerations that are “tight”. We will construct your lift station to meet your specific application, with strong emphasis on being a leader with an industry leading “green station”.   The Taylor Made Pump Station team is set to assist you in your decision  to either install a new, pre-packaged station or have us supply you with all the components needed to update your existing lift station.  All station designs incorporate varying components of premium efficiency pumps, VFD’S, shields, drops and hatches.

“With the high winds and many storms that buffet the coastal range, we looked at the EZZ Klean as added insurance towards protection of our beautiful park.”
-Mike Colllins, Oregon State Parks Regional Manager, Salem

Remember to consider Taylor’s pre-manufactured buildings on your next project.  These structures are provided to you our customer as code compliant, complete ready to set industrial buildings.  As compared to on site constructed “stick” or “CMU” buildings our “pre-fabs” can save as much as 25% , (where  prevailing wage is a requirement of the project).  Be sure to check out our spreadsheet comparisons of constructing a pump station by “design, build and ship” as opposed to the conventional means (bid documents stating  component criteria on each individual station item).

Thank you in advance for the opportunity to quote your next pump station package and installation. We are here to help you find solutions on all  your  pump station projects. As always, consultations  and estimates are free!

See you at the Station

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For good communication with your Packaged Pump Station, Listen to it!

Are you listening to it? So much to learn when we listen. A very basic idiom which we should practice in all facets of social interaction with our coworkers and even with our teenage children. “Heck” I have a son who knows everything so I probably listen to him even more. It is very difficult to understand my sons’ line of thinking at times but it’s nice when I occasionally glean some good information from him. Likewise, the Rotodynamic (centrifugal) pump can emit a lot of information from the depths of its internal components. As someone who has been around machinery all my life, mostly that associated with the logging industry, I can relate to a mechanic or operator saying something just don’t sound right with that ole shovel loader. My old diesel mechanic, was the best trouble shooter from simply placing his hand on the casing. Housing, pan of any mechanical component especially a rotary screw compressor or a Kawasaki hydraulic gear pump.

The Packaged Pump Station has all kind of “ antenna” related transmitters to get a feel of what your pump station motors and the rotary components are doing or not doing. The Mechanical Piping and support components are easy to place a conduit onto Waste Water discharge piping in which to lend a ear to and let the good clear communication begin. The development of the leak detection field has lent itself to the Pump station trouble shooting end of things. Sonde devices of varying kinds along with the old tried and true brass disk with emitter tubes attached when set onto the pump casing “its” voice becomes clear. Those sounds when set to the discerning ear, especially when the device is placed on the adjacent pump as in the case of a duplex pump station, the Pump Station technician will know trouble when he hears it. A warning here, perform all electrical tests for errant current at the motor and casing to insure against the risk of electrocution. Also, hold the ear piece away from the ear and slowly move the end toward your ear so as not to damage the ear drum, these devices are sensitive and cavitation along with other pump trouble shooting indications can really “blare” out at you. . It is quite simple to adapt longer tubes to stethoscope type listening tools to help in those long reach situations
Always check for the presence of the life robbing gasses that are present in most “waste Water Pump Stations” namely methane and hydrogen sulfide gas. For that test the one sense you do not want to rely on is your smell, a simple gas monitor will tell you all you need to know. Hearing combined with the sense of feel can put you in touch with the “Heart and Soul” of the Packaged waste water station, “The Pump”. When you can both hear and feel vibration it maximizes your trouble shooting efforts. Below is the list of objects and conditions that will produce audible sounds that you may want to investigate further to avoid damage to the equipment in a Waste Water Pump Station.

  1. The “Ragging” of a pump quite simply produces drag or dull hum, the problem is distinct to the ear. Especially when compared to the adjacent free pump.
  2. Cavitation, what pump technician cannot detect the rough “gravel pop” sounds of air pockets imploding. (See the phenomena of cavitation, in an earlier blog.)
  3. Resonance or vibration, you can hear it before who feel it. The trained ear can hear the pump running off the Best Efficiency Point or a loose imbed bolt, particularly noticeable if using the across the line method of starting the pump, but you will hear the vibration at full speed as a tuning fork resonance wave.

There are many more troubled sounds to listen to within the centrifugal Waste Water Pump, with time and practice you will know what your Waste Water Pump Station is trying to tell you.

Now, listen to this, we’ll see you next time “At the Station”

SEATTLE TRANSFER STATION

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“Extra Extra Extra Read All About it Taylor Pump Stations choosen as Prefered Supplier for Seattle Transfer Station.”

It was an honor to be chosen as the only referenced “Packaged Storm Water Pump Station Supplier” for the Seattle Transfer Station. Seattle Public Utilities was the governing body and I found their specifications to reflect that of an experienced governmental utility that knows well the design and components of a quality Packaged Storm Water Lift Station. To be asked to submit for review the strengths of my Packaged Storm Water Pump Station, with its Patented EZZ-Klean design as well our Ezz-Vac system was a reflection of Taylor’s excellent team of suppliers and personnel. We enjoy building relationships with leading professionals in the Pump Station industry and found the engineering team of Parametrix Engineers to be “Tops” in all matters relating to the the initial RFQ to the timely responses of our questions and through to where we were was chosen as the only recommended vendor, “To Provide Lift Station As A Packaged Unit,*** Taylor Pump Stations, Mark Taylor, 541- 779-3565”.

I would like to thank all the suppliers who help build our Waste Water Lift Stations and Storm Water Lift Stations, these companies represent some of the finest Lift Station Products and professionals in the world!

EZZ-KLEAN & EZZ-VAC
Oldcastle Concrete Products.
Goulds Pumps
Tag Automation Group

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The decision to purchase a Packaged Waste Water Pump Station “Made Easy”

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Nice, to’ see you at the Station”. I’d like to discuss with you your decision to purchase a “Packaged Waste Water Pump Station”, and hopefully make the purchasing decision a little easier. I am going to “pump up” the benefits of the new Taylor “EZZ™ Klean” waste water pump station, for just a moment, then move on to more basic considerations that I believe are important in the complete package purchase. The Taylor “EZZ™ Klean Waste Water Pump Station. Is the only packaged pump station on the market today with the benefits and ease of cleaning is in the name itself! The Taylor “EZZ-KLEAN” Packaged Waste Water Pump Station employs a United States Patented design that makes cleaning of the station easy or “EZZ”. The packaged waste Water pump station is the topic of this blog so we are not going to address the option of an assembled and built in place waste water station. The Waste Water Pump Station with all its configurations and options as well as the option of a Dry Prime surface mount or submersible waste water station are simple in design. The surface dry prime arrangement will be the subject of another blog at a later time. The components of a submersible waste water station all of which need periodic maintenance, consist of the Wet Well, the pumps, (most commonly a duplex arrangement) along with guide rails and discharge elbows; Plug Valves and Check Valves along with a valve vault are part of the package. Electric equipment in the form of a motor control center with varying options of frequency drives and programmable logic controls complete the base options for a waste water pump station.

This blog is not covering whether you the, Professional engineer, Public Works Official or Private Developer or Contractor buys a” Chevy or a Ford” pump. That will be a product of how much technical data and research you perform on the specific pump and motor and considering all the information provided by sales representative along with the input provided by the municipality and their representative.

Taylor Made Wet Well

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“Best Management Practices means Best Maintenance Practices when it comes to the Waste Water Pump Station”

Anyone involved in the waste water industry knows of the benefits of “BMPs” as it applies to the Waste Water Pump Station. The decision to purchase a packaged waste water pump station should be made with emphasis placed on the ease of maintenance and cleaning of the station. Design features inherent in the Packaged Waste Water Station effect maintenance costs, but few purchasing agents give much credence to this fact in their buying decision. After a career in the waste water pumping industry, mostly as a Project Manager involved in the installation of waste water pump stations, I know that it’s important to consider many factors related to the quality of the components as well as long term maintenance costs of the waste water station. The effects of purchasing a Waste Water Pump Station with difficult maintenance aspects can be much like purchasing a house with a poorly constructed foundation, I.E. neither instance is easy to fix. If you are the individual responsible for the final specification of the waste water lift station that is to be placed into service can we assume you at a minimum looked at the long term maintenance and cleaning costs of this sizable capital investment. There are the basic items of a packaged waste water lift station that will contribute to the end quality of the station. These Items include Pre-marked lid socket receiver for the guide retrieval pipe. This feature is built in to insure that the guide rails for pump retrieval are placed precisely vertical. This feature seems so basic that one might think it is supplied on every packaged waste water station; the fact is, it is not. The purchasing agent should request that the Packaged Waste Water Pump Station suppliers have the option of providing additional sealing options at each joint of the wet well. This includes HDPE bands “electro-fused” and placed around the inside of each barrel section, making an infiltration issue very remote. Remember the pumping of ground water is a kilowatt robbing fact that is assured to increase in costs as power rates are assured to go up. What are the features of the Packaged Waste Water Pump Station that will inhibit Hydrogen Sulfide action? The premier method of preventing hydrogen sulfide corrosion of the concrete is to line the interior of the wet well with a 30 mil thick layer of HDPE, or a similar coat of an epoxy product. Another quality control measure that most established waste water packaged pump station suppliers put forth is to have all stainless steel vents and hatches plastic vacuum wrapped. This of course helps to defend against iron oxides that are prevalent in the cutting of ferrous pipes and other steel products. Consider specifying the EZZ ™Klean device as a simple access tube and vacuum head for its long term benefit of cutting the time in removing debris and harmful build up in the wet well.

It is our goal at Taylor Pump Stations to offer you the options that will produce savings in having a Waste Water Pump Station that will withstand all the harmful effects that a waste environment has to endure and will make for an easier and safer station to maintain.

Ashland Pump Station

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The Engineering Division has received a single bid for the replacement of the North Main Street Sanitary Sewer Pump Station. The bid of $367,375.00 was submitted by Taylor Site Development of Medford, OR.
The North Main Sanitary Sewer Pump Station was constructed in the early 1960’s and serves the northwesterly area of Ashland including the Ashland Mine Road and Schofield Street areas.  The pump station is rapidly deteriorating and has no capacity to provide for anticipated growth within its service area.  This project has been identified as a priority project in the current Capital Improvement Plan.
Construction of a sewer pump station is a specialty with few local firms having the expertise to perform the work.  For that reason a “pre-packaged” pump station was specified and an extended bid calendar selected to help promote more interest among local firms.  The bid advertisement was published locally and statewide beginning on April 9, 2007 with the bid opening held on May 22, 2007 providing a 43 calendar bid window.  Additionally, bid advertisements and/or bid packages were mailed to eight plan centers and to seventeen prospective bidders.  Even with an extended bid window and a saturation of advertising, only a single bid was received.

Staff recommends approval of the attached contract with Taylor Site Development, Inc. to construct the North Main Pump Station at a cost of $367,375.00.

Article derived from City Council of Information.

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October 22, 2007
Mark Taylor
Taylor Site Development Inc.
PO Box 537
1928 Stewart
Medford, OR 97501

RE:   NORTH MAIN SEWER PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT PROJECT NO. 2004-06

Dear Mark:

As of this date all work on the North Main Pump Station is complete and has been inspected, approved and accepted by the City of Ashland.  Thank you for a job well done.  We have enjoyed working with you and your crews on this project and appreciate your timely completion of the project.

The final payment including retainage release, has been authorized and will be sent shortly.

Please be reminded that this final acceptance marks the beginning of the 24 month materials and workmanship warranty as specified in the contract documents.

Thanks again for your good work on this project.

Sincerely,

James H. Olson
City Surveyor / Project Manager

Energy Saving Pump Stations

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If engineers would design with low resistant piping in the form of HDPE pipe and long turn smooth wall fittings, to create truly energy saving pump stations, it truly would be the gift that keeps on giving!

Years ago now, back in the late 80’s there was a much touted breakthrough in the electrical field called high temperature superconductivity. In brevity, the excitement was born from the precept if our electrical system, IE the conductors, can operate under a condition of zero resistance, energy savings throughout the world would be dramatically reduced. Whether an electrical substation or a Waste Water Lift Station the goal at least when it comes to electrical current movement is zero resistance. Superconductivity and the possibility to conduct electricity across the United States and beyond with no resistance is exciting. Likewise, it is just as exciting to think of superconductivities counterpart that of moving of fluids with pumps at low friction/resistance factors as an equally enticing breakthrough and this engineering feat is happening now. At Taylor Pump Stations our packaged water and Wastewater lift stations utilize a two system approach to maximize the savings in electricity use. Since utilizing varying types Frequency Drives is the predominant method of energy savings within the Packaged Water and Waste Water Lift Station at Taylor Pump Station we first look at the low hanging fruit of energy savings: friction reduction. An additional benifit in utilizing low co-efficient of friction materials such as HDPE and long radius ells is there is usually initial cost savings in the materials when compared to Ductile Iron whether cement lined or not and also in the install cost of the lighter weight HDPE materials.

”To Save or Not to Save”, on energy consumption, that is the question.

Pump stationThink about it, many design professionals are stepping over dollars to save a dime by concentrating only on premium efficient motors and variable speed drives. The first observation is these components are expensive to acquire and in many instances have a negative overall cost savings when initial capital cost are considered along with additional maintenance costs. The search for energy savings and the mandate for energy efficient electric motors was started by our government back in the early nineties. A well intentioned program and yet only 8 % of energy loss is related to the electric motor. If in all Water and especially in Waste Water Pump applications if we could lower the Hazen-Williams friction factor to that of plastic pipes one very prominent event happens! In the prior statement the experienced applications engineer could conclude the sentences main point is that the savings grow each year as the piping remains relative smooth. The consequence of using low friction plastics, long radius turns of the same materials is that the pressure is reduced immediately. More importantly it’s the long term benefits of plastic pipe that really begins to reap benefits in saved energy consumption. By studying the Hazen-Williams formula we see the exponential increase in friction as the annular area begins to close from corrosion over time. The buildup makes the pump work hard to overcome a rising main restricted and in many cases the pressure line can be a mile long. Any Pumping system in which pressure is reduce of course has a direct relationship to energy savings. So, long after the engineer stands on the “Alley OOP” engineering belief that Ductile Iron is the only way to go- the pump goes to work and every year thereafter to pump through a highly restricted steel line. It is happening 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, throughout the year, pumps are straining and drawing excess energy all because engineers ”Can’t see the light through the corroded steel pipe”. Pumps in all there forms consume nearly 25% world’s energy. If engineers would design with it in mind to reduce the head requirements of fluid handling pumps by utilizing the high quality, proven strong HDPE piping and fitting products available Cities and private owners alike would have multiple lines of savings to add up. Probably a few less sanitary sewer overflows would occur as there would be less pump failures due to lower friction factors of HDPE piping resulting in greater MTBF of the motors. Up to 2% savings in KWH’s of electricity used as the pumps work below the curve possibly being able to lessen the horsepower of the motor. Less carbon footprint in the reduced times needed to “Pig” plastic pipe as compared to the cleaning intervals required for ductile iron piping. No repairs to the HDPE from corrosive soil conditions that eat into steel and ductile pipe.

The order is in, for your next Packaged Waste Water Lift Station, give it the easy flow characteristics of HDPE. At Taylor Pump Stations we believe in using simple but strong easy to clean components. We specifically designed and received a U.S Patent on an easy to clean wet well, we call the EZZ-Klean Station.

Call us to save on your next Waste Water Lift Station. We will “See you next week, at the station”

Our Team

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Mark Taylor
 President

tsdmedford@aol.com

 

 As the owner of Taylor Made Stations I realize you have a choice in the pump station manufacture you choose, I appreciate your time in looking at our design built pump stations. I have been in business as a general contractor continually licensed for 32 years. I would like to think that I have satisfied every customer in those 32 years. I began the pump station business in 2007 . In these times I’ve come to realize more than ever that you must listen to the customers needs ever so intently, clarify the quality and quantity with the time line expected then deliver. Remember we are proud of our references and consultants. Estimates are always free.
Terry Toner
 Sales Manager
In the number of sales trips I have made around the state in meeting with owners and engineering design professionals. I have come to the conclusion that Taylor Made Stations has put together a fine pump station package. The relationship of so many fine associates such as Flyght pumps, GSE , HDPE products, Controls Inc and Utility Vault products out of Wilsonville Oregon has made my job so much easier. What Taylor has done is to keep it simple-we combine sucessful corporations that already perform well in the market, forming an alliance and working together to serve one customer at a time, all off one very simply purchase order. So weather it’s something basic, like a ” inside drop” or a complete pump station, trust that I will help with any questions you might have on any of our products.
Ray Ortega
 Construction Consultant / Start up
I have been associated with Mr. Taylor and his business for 14 years. I am very fortunate to work with a company that has integrity as the main element of every sale. We believe our competitors are striving for the same high goals we are setting and that can only make us all better. I have a degree in Mathematics from UC Berkley. I have real life experiences of over five decades, working with business of 1 Million to over 100 Million. I thoroughly enjoy consulting out in the field and the assistance I offer in the starting up phase of each project is very rewarding. Call me at the number listed below.Whatever the problem, I know working together we can fine the solution.(541) 941-4500
Jason Dobler
Electrical Supplies / Parts
Hello, I welcome the opportunity to help with all your electrical related questions regarding optimizing the pumps performance. We can supply you our customer with Variable Frequency drives, transfer switches or quotes on Gensets and all electric components. You can rely on my 18 years of experience in the electrical supply business to get you not just a quote but good solid suggestions to assist you every step of the way with your pump station.
Nabil Taha
Design Pre-Fab Structures
infomd@structure1.com
 Nabil, is part of our engineering advisory group. As a structural engineer he has the capability to work with your design team on any buildings or structural related issues.  www.structure1.com

“See you at the Station”

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There is a Time and Place for a “Packaged Sewer Lift Station”

Taylor Wet WellsThe decision whether to place into service a Packaged Sewer Lift Station or put out to bid a Conventional RFP with a private engineering firm designing every detail of the proposed sewer lift station is an important one! Both methods have their distinct advantages and disadvantages. The big question that comes up is, when is that time and place for a Packaged Sewer Lift Station in the whole “design of things”. That’s what we are really talking about “The Design” and secondly, “How much time do we have. The Packaged Sewer Lift Station is not going to be applicable in the case of a Macro station where average flows approach several thousand GPM, and holding wells become necessary to size in the range of 12’ in diameter and greater. I know of several studies in comparing the savings of either specifying  a “Packaged Sewer Lift Station” or opting for the alternative, where the standard Public request for bids solicitation is paced in builder’s exchanges and area newspapers.  Actually both means of securing a Sewer Lift Station are good and the studies written by those favoring each method are always informative and strong on content. I feel my analysis of the best way to attain a municipal or private Sewer Lift station is without a slant either way. I own two companies, one is a licensed contracting firm that bids and bonds public works projects under the standard RFP and engineer design type of project.  A second company I own is Taylor Made Pump Stations, we “Design/Build “Package Sewer Lift Stations, mostly for state and federal agencies.  What I see as advantages in one system over the other is often offset by a feature or design method I like with either option..

The design component that comes out on top in a direct comparison of the Packaged Sewer Lift Station and a Contractor build in place public works sewer lift station is the control and  SCADA Package.

“The additional time the design team has in communicating makes for a better communication system when it comes to the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition components,(SCADA)“

Here goes a bit of logic if you will when it comes to whats more logical in the choice to design in house the control package or write into the specifications “The control package will be an integral package as part of  the design components in a complete and Packaged Sewer Lift Station as Made by Taylor Made Pump Station or equal. OK, the effluent is really flowing so to speak and the plug for my station was only meant to state that something “Taylor-ed” to a particular main component is usually better: I’ll stop now. Yes, it is true that both means of procurement use “Boiler-mate Language”. The difference is the established Packaged Sewer lift Station Manufacturer can work on the control specification with the electrical designer from a two way informational approach as to what will work the best There is a lot of coordination and detail required in the standard plan to put a Sewer Lift Station out to bid.  As an engineer  it consumes much of your time to engineer the mentioned standard model of design specifications Now, quite naturally it also produces many billable hours, and that can be a good thing, for the firm if that is all that’s to be considered. I can see where specifying a control package in the standard bid format leaves a bunch of work for an usually “less than knowledgeable” contractor when it comes to the Supervisory Control and Data acquisition, programmable logic controller, HMI, and the basis for much of our control systems in the modern Packaged Sewer Lift Station, Ladder Logic. I can tell you this that most of the Packaged Sewer Lift Station builders have at least two independent control firms they work with. I can tell you from experience that they are a wealth of knowledge and it put the Package Sewer Lift Station Builder in the position of quickly being up and running and able to supply the right control package because the relationship is “on-going”.  It is kind of like knowing your regular dance partner is the best and together the steps come easy. With the Packaged Sewer Lift Station Builder the concrete wet well and related pumping equipment are the straightforward components. The control package integrated into most Packaged Sewer Lift Stations these days is much more involved. The need to integrate multiple ports and remote station connectivity issues all add up to little problems that are easily solved, because we probably had a “code” similar on the last station.

It all comes down to the old axiom, “Practice Makes Perfect” and in general the General Contractor and his forces do not perform Sewer Lift station Construction all that often.

Due to time constraints I have cut short some of the points that make a conventional Request for proposals on a new Municipal sewer lift station a great way to go. You will just have to wait till next week when we cover all that’s great in standard RFP for a Sewer Lift Station.

“See you next week at the station.”

“See you at the station”

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“Taylor Made The Pump Station That Stays Clean”

It is a bit of an oxymoron, that is to keep a sewer and or storm water lift station clean, but that is what Taylor Made Pump stations did! In fact Taylor patented a method of cleaning a sewer lift station that is both simple and safe. Cleaning of just about anything takes tools. Taylor came up with a way  to keep the tools at hand and more than likely they will be used. Weather its cleaning your car or your pump station you need certain tools to do the job. If you find in the instance of cleaning your car that the hoses spray nozzle is broken and you have no cleaning supplies more than likely you will take your favorite mode of transport down to the local cleaning station. Take that same scenario of deciding to clean the car and instead of all the equipment being scattered or non-existent you push a button and the hose appears immediately adjacent to the family auto and you had all the appurtenant supplies at your fingertips, more than likely you would save the fuel, and time so as to make life a little easier. What is easier to clean than a lift station with the  “EZZ-Klean™ “ System installed .  With the EZZ-KLean™ wide mouth vacuum head and the “slick floor” sloping angle towards the EZZ-Klean™ opening, cleaning is a simple as hooking up the vacuum truck to the easy connect  Vac tube at the top of the wet well.

EZZ VACThe EZZ-Klean™ is the only wet well pump station cleaning system with a patented floor that uses the benefits of gravity to clean.

Remember there are multiple benefits to keeping a lift station free from sludge that builds up on the bottom of the wet well. Of course the pumps benefit from occasional cleaning but so does all the other components that make up the wet well. The corrosive results of hydrogen sulfides can be reduced by just hooking up to the EZZ-Klean™ once every quarter. The benefits are exponential; it takes so little time so the costs are minimal and the rewards keep paying over the life of the station.

The standard municipal sewer lift is a 6’ diameter, 20’deep Taylor Made Pump Station!

The “Taylor Made” municipal 101 is a government model sewer lift station that is lined with HDPE (high density polyethylene),  and has the patented sloping floor towards the trough / vacuum head. Today we recognize that costs are rising. The time you spend with your vacuum pump running while your manpower unrolls hoses to drop down a 20’ deep wet well is not only potential dangerous but it’s also a waste of time. The famous caveman inventor “Alley OOP” designed the first sewer lift station basin many years ago and yet to this day many owners and municipalities order “The POOP 01”. The EZZ-Klean™ sewer lift station is better! It’s sleek, it is slick, and that’s why its easier to Clean. Taylor Made Pump Stations makes a good  quality sewer lift station, that is hydraulic efficient and easier to clean. It is worthwhile to check out the latest in clean design engineering  of sewer lift stations and get away from the stone age built designs of yesterday  and call Oldcastle Concrete of Wilsonville, Ore.  (503) 682-2844 for a quote on the EZZ-Klean™ design.  It’s good to have a modern station and keep in touch by reading “See you at the station”.

“See you at the station” “At last, options for a sewer lift Stations that must be by-passed”

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The call came in from New York, and immediately I seen the light or in this case the fright as the Gentleman on the phone begin to discuss the issue of by-pass pumping. The location of the existing pump station was at a mall parking lot close to the entrance of Macy’s department store. The existing Sewer Lift Station was a conventional submersible design that the developer had little information on. Taylor Made Pump Stations has been design/planning complicated sewer by-passing for the placement of our patented EZZ-Klean™ station for years and this project definitely had my attention.

The best pump by-pass plan is usually designed by a licensed engineer with good error and omission insurance! On by-passing, we don’t plan to fail we fail to plan!

It really is not rocket science to build a packaged sewer lift station. Most of us in the industry understand the importance of every component fitting to a “T” or a “WYE” in the case of the piping connections of a packaged sewer lift station. This fact is so applicable to the sewer by-pass piping connections. This very astute customer wanted to be assured that our Taylor Made Pump Station was not a generic fit all “Sewer Lift Station” but would be applicable to this specific Sewer Lift Station in front of the Macy’s in Manhattan! Most pump station manufactures do not list pump station by-passing as one of their specialties. Taylor Made Pump Stations works with partners and professional associates including “Rain for Rent” and “ Thompson Pump”. These two entities offer technical expertise and are most knowledgeable in all aspects of by-pass pumping when installing a new Sewer Lift Station.

So you attained all the flow data on the sewage flows that the existing sewer lift station currently handles, now double it!

Most engineers will perform hydraulic calculations based on flows that are double the average flows into the station. It is vital that a team is assembled on any new Sewer Lift Station where the sewage must be by-passed. The Pump Supplier and the pump curve that is put forth for the specific Sewer Lift Station should be reviewed by all the team members including the owners’ representative, which is usually the design engineer. Important information that the Pump Supplier may not have like the by-pass operation is in front of a school or major department store will insure a detailed sewage pump by-pass plan!

Two separate plans for the same Sewer Lift Station.

The very point of this blog was to make clear the fact that you cannot have a successful placement of a new Sewer Lift Station without first confronting the existing sewer flows that are ever present on a Sewer Lift Station change out or retrofit. The government entity or private owner will not remember the nice job you did on replacing an old station with a high quality Taylor Made Pump Station if you flood a pristine river with raw sewage. The theory behind the two separate plans for each aspect of the Sewer lift Station build is the critical nature of the by-pass. The pump by-pass has to be planned to the last detail. The by-pass should be submitted to the design engineer for his or her review. When planning to replace an existing sewer lift station consider ordering a packaged sewer lift station from Taylor Made Pump Stations. The reasons to consider a packaged sewer lift station are many. A Packaged sewer lift station is less burdensome from the planning side of the equation and provides for peace of mind as you have one supplier to call should problems arise. At Taylor Made Pump Stations we will gladly help you with any pre-planning for by- pass pumping or other services you may need for a successful sewer lift station project. See you, next week at the station.