PANEL DESIGN

Reno is a city on the western edge of Nevada, near the California border and not far from Lake Tahoe.

The city sits within the Truckee River valley within the High Eastern Sierra foothills on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range.

With a population of 264,165 in the 2020 census, Reno is the third most populous city in Nevada. It is the county seat of Washoe County and is known as “the Biggest Little City in the World”.

It is known for its casino and tourism industry. Some of the attractions include National Automobile Museum, Nevada Museum of Art, Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Washoe County Golf Course, Lakeridge Golf Course, Idlewild Park, Crissie Caughlin Park, and various parks located on the Truckee River that flows through this region.

The Mt. Rose pump station is a wastewater lift station in Reno. This project was brought to Romtec Utilities by Stantec to develop the scope and configuration of the lift station.

Ultimately, Romtec Utilities was used as the basis of design. At the time of bid, we provided this complete pumping system to the contractor, KG Walters, and to the Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA).

The Truckee Meadows Water Authority is a community owned water utility in Reno. This wastewater lift station is for the Mt. Rose Water Treatment Plant, which will help protect groundwater on the Mt. Rose Fan by improving water supply reliability.

Stantec is an engineering consultant who works in ecosystem restoration, water, and a variety of other fields.

This project features a 5’ inner diameter (ID) wet well that is 13.66’ in depth with two 2hp Ebara submersible pumps, which will be activated by an alternator relay when the level sensing devices send the signal to start or stop pumping out the water.

Wastewater enters the well through inlet pipes that feed into a drop bowl assembly. Drop bowl assemblies catch the incoming water and feed it downwards, reducing the amount of turbulence in the water and protecting the components in the wet well by ensuring that they do not get moved out of position by the flowing water.

While some components in the wet well are heavier and less susceptible to movement, components such as pump cables or level sensing devices are more likely to be jostled by flowing water. Floats, like the four Nolta MS1 floats used in this system, are sensitive to movement and trigger the pumps when the water gets high enough to tip the float.

Drop bowl assemblies are an easy and cost-effective solution to reduce turbulence in a wet well, and the Mt. Rose Water Treatment Plant will benefit greatly from its addition to this project.

Stantec, KG Walters, and Romtec Utilities came together and provided a system that would meet the pumping needs for the Truckee Meadows Water Authority. It was a pleasure to work with these agencies on this project.

Romtec Utilities designs, manufactures, and supplies wastewater lift stations with drop bowl assemblies like this one for the TMWA Mt. Rose Water Treatment Plant in Reno, Nevada. We design each wastewater pump system to meet the exact pumping requirements of a project, the pumping type, application, and with the end user preferences in mind.

To get started on your wastewater pump system project, contact us today to get the process started!