Adoptable Pump Stations support is handled around the actual pump station arrangement: chamber type, pumped material, pump duty, controls, alarms, valves, rising main, access, ground conditions and whether the work is repair, servicing, refurbishment, replacement or new installation.
Adoptable pump stations need early coordination
Adoptable or potentially adoptable pump stations should not be treated like a simple domestic package station. The arrangement may need to satisfy designer, developer, water authority, maintenance, access, telemetry, emergency storage and handover requirements. Early pump station input helps avoid expensive redesign later.
Pumping side and adoption drainage side
Alton Pumps can support the pump station equipment, pump selection, controls, alarms, valves and commissioning. For wider Section 104 sewer adoption, adoptable sewer construction, pre-adoption CCTV and developer drainage packages, the site links to Sewers for Adoption for the adoption-specific drainage support.
What must be considered
Key items include chamber volume, pump duty, duty/standby arrangement, rising main route, valve chamber arrangement, emergency storage, access for tanker and maintenance, electrical controls, alarm signalling, telemetry requirements and final commissioning records.
- Duty/standby pump arrangements
- Valve chamber and rising main layout
- Access and maintenance space
- Emergency storage and high level alarm arrangements
- Commissioning and handover records
- Link through to Sewers for Adoption where Section 104 support is needed
How we can help
- Developer pump station review
- Adoptable pump station support
- Pump and panel specification input
- Rising main and valve arrangement advice
- Commissioning and service planning
- External link to Sewers for Adoption pumping station adoption support