InfraStructures - September 2011 - Flygt and Godwin Support Recovery Efforts at North River Wastewater Treatment Plant

Flygt and Godwin Support Recovery Efforts at North River Wastewater Treatment Plant

Godwin Pumps, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime® automatic self-priming, dry-running pump, has been mobilizing pipe and crew to aid in the efforts at the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Harlem, New York, following a fire there on Wednesday July 20, 2011.

Five pump engines caught fire in the machine room at the treatment plant.

The 23 m lift station fire had caused sewage to enter watersheds and attached beaches. The total required capacity of the facility is about 500,000 m3/d in dry-weather conditions.

The two remaining engines that drive the main sewage pumps have been supplemented with six Flygt electric submersible sewage pumps, ranging from 150 hp to 240 hp, to alleviate the temporary overflow conditions. The Flygt pumps were supplied from Cincinnati and Chicago.

Godwin Pumps is supporting the job with piping and engineering. Temporary piping was shipped to the treatment plant, including over 600 m of 45 cm pipe and 1,800 m of 60 cm pipe. Several pipe fusion machines were on-site, with technicians operating them around the clock in order to improve the situation as quickly as possible.

Source: Godwin Pumps