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  2. Pumping station - Wikipedia

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    When the sewage level rises to a predetermined point, a pump will be started to lift the sewage upward through a pressurized pipe system called a sewer force main if the sewage is transported some significant distance. The pumping station may be called a lift station if the pump merely discharges into a nearby gravity manhole. [4]

  3. Sanitary sewer - Wikipedia

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    A force main or rising main [8] is a pumped sewer that may be necessary where gravity sewers serve areas at lower elevations than the sewage treatment plant, or distant areas at similar elevations. A lift station is a sewer sump that lifts accumulated sewage to a higher elevation.

  4. Sanitary sewer overflow - Wikipedia

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    Another mode of system failure can include power outages, which may disable lift station pumps and cause sewage overflow from the lift station wet well. Lift station mechanical or power failure causes approximately ten percent of United States SSOs. This type of discharge is uncommon from combined sewers, because the combined volume of sewage ...

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    The lift station is designed to convey wastewater to treatment facilities through a system of pipes and pump stations, which is treated according to federal and state standards.

  6. Grinder pump - Wikipedia

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    The grinder pump “station” consists of the pump, a tank, and an alarm panel. A pump for household use is usually 1 hp , 1.5 hp or 2 hp . A cutting mechanism macerates waste and grinds items that are not normally found in sewage, but may get flushed down the toilet.

  7. Sewerage - Wikipedia

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    Sewerage (or sewage system) is the infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff (stormwater, meltwater, rainwater) using sewers. It encompasses components such as receiving drains , manholes , pumping stations , storm overflows, and screening chambers of the combined sewer or sanitary sewer .

  8. Pressure sewer - Wikipedia

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    In a typical set-up, a receiving well is provided close to the properties being served so that all sewage can gravitate to the well. An electric macerator pump (also called a grinder pump) pumps the finely macerated sewage through a narrow diameter continuous plastic pipe which discharges into the nearest gravity sewer or treatment plant. The ...

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