The Western Treatment Plant is a vast sewage treatment plant on the Western side of metropolitan Melbourne, treating approximately half of all the sewage in Melbourne.
Programmed is the Maintenance and Minor Capital contractor for the plant, and they reached out to Hydro Innovations to solve an issue with some self-priming pumps feeding a sampling station. The existing pumps were operating too far left of their curve and were struggling to prime a long suction line.
‘Since installation, Programmed have been very happy with the pumps’
Why did Greater Western Water select Gorman-Rupp Pumps for this project
Hydro Innovations, after some site visits, selected the Gorman Rupp T2C60SC-B, which is the smallest pump within Gorman-Rupp’s “Super T Series” range of wastewater pumps.
The Results
Since installation, Programmed have been very happy with the pumps. They have proven to be reliable and as designed, will automatically re-prime when they are needed. With the operation of the sampling station, the suction line is flushed after each cycle. This in turn means the pumps must re-prime a dry suction line each and every time, something the Gorman Rupp Super T Series pumps can be relied upon to do. These pumps only operate every hour and piping slowly drains between run times.
More information on these pumps may be obtained from Hydro Innovations at info@HydroInnovations.com.au or call us on 02 9898 1800
The Pumps
This series of pump is available in six sizes, from 2” through to 10”, with flows to 200 litres per second. Pressures up to 95 metres can also be achieved by Gorman-Rupp’s range of wastewater pumps. Gorman-Rupp wastewater pumps have all the features to make them reliable and easy to maintain. They can handle spherical solids to 76mm, have a removable cover-plate to allow access to pump internals without needing to remove the pump from the pipe system, and operators can adjust internal clearances in five minutes without having to open the pump.
More information on these pumps may be obtained from Hydro Innovations on 02 9898 1800 or info@HydroInnovations.com.au