Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital of the southwestern state. The City of Santa Fe is within the Sangre de Cristo foothills with scenic views of the surrounding valley and hills.

Some of the attractions in Santa Fe include the Georgia O’Keefe Museum, Santa Fe Plaza, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, and the Cathedral Basilica of St. Frances of Assisi.

With a population of 87,000 in the most recent census, Santa Fe is the fourth most populous city in New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County.

Interstate 25 cuts east through New Mexico going through Santa Fe as it comes up from Albuquerque which is about 65 miles away.

There are various mountains peaks just to the east of Santa Fe including the Atalaya Mountain, Thompson Peak, Shaggy Peak, Lake Peak, Hermit Peak, Bear Mountain, and Elk Mountain. Also in the region is the Santa Fe National Forest, Bandelier National Monument, Valles Caldera National Preserve, and the Diablo Canyon Recreation Area where the Rio Grande River flows.

The Los Alamos community is near the Sante Fe National Forest and many mountain peaks including Shell Mountain, Caballo Mountain, Pajarito Mountain, and Cerro Del Medio.

Romtec Utilities was contacted to provide a high-security wastewater lift station in the Los Alamos area. Los Alamos, New Mexico is a census-designated place situated in Los Alamos County.

Working for a high-security federal client requires expert design and services as well as expert conduct at the job site.

Romtec Utilities worked with this federal client, its engineers, and its contractors/installers to meet exact design and equipment layout specifications.

The design and layout needed to be precise because horizontal drilling of the gravity line needed to meet up exactly with the wet well penetration.

On the job site, Romtec Utilities advisors and technicians followed several protocols for appearance, supervision, conduct, and record-keeping. Romtec Utilities understood and complied with every requirement for this facility while supplying a lift station designed to exact specifications.

A high-security federal facility purchased this package lift station to meet medium sewage flow and classified installation requirements.

To avoid a network of buried conduit and infrastructure, installation required a 13-foot-diameter hole for the wet well.

The hole was 45-feet-deep, so custom alignment brackets were provided to set the 6-foot-diameter manhole risers without positioning a person in the hole. For the final step, the gravity line was horizontally drilled 807 ft. from grade to a 16-square-inch junction located on the sump 36 feet below grade.

This lift station project located in Los Alamos, New Mexico is a great example of Romtec Utilities’ capability to meet very specific design and installation standards because this project had many specific instructions.

Romtec Utilities designs, manufactures, and supplies each pump station to the specific design standards of the project, site, and preference of the end owner who will operate the system.

Working on hundreds of systems over the years with a variety of standards, requirements, or preferences, Romtec Utilities is an expert at working through the site and specific installation standards. 

If you need a pump station for stormwater, wastewater, industrial process water, or potable water contact us today to get started!