ETS completed the construction of a water impoundment and drainage pump station for an 8,000-acre SFWMD dispersed water management project. For this project, ETS constructed over 16 miles of levee to create the water impoundment. The purpose of the pump station, designed by RCS and constructed by ETS, is to deliver stormwater from the SFWMD’s C-41A canal into the above ground impoundment to meet water quality treatment goals. To this end, a maximum flow rate of 242,000 GPM was required from the pump station.
ETS completed the construction of a water impoundment and drainage pump station for an 8,000-acre SFWMD dispersed water management project. For this project, ETS constructed over 16 miles of levee to create the water impoundment. The purpose of the pump station, designed by RCS and constructed by ETS, is to deliver stormwater from the SFWMD’s C-41A canal into the above ground impoundment to meet water quality treatment goals. To this end, a maximum flow rate of 242,000 GPM was required from the pump station. The pump station included six 42” diameter vertical axial flow, 200 HP electric pumps each capable of a flow rate of 42,000 GPM.
The pumps are dynamically controlled by the water level in the C-41A. The project also included six steel pump and motor mounting frames that were assembled into a complete platform on the job site. A 135’ long, 30’ deep steel sheet pile wall was specified to support the pumps over the water and a concrete slab at the bottom of the pump sump to prevent the pumps from undermining the wall. The pump station and impoundment was dedicated in a ceremony attended by Florida state government officials, land owners, and District employees.
