Rincon Point in Carpinteria, California

Rincon Point in Carpinteria, California Project Details: The Beachside community of Rincon Point in Carpinteria, CA recently converted over 70 homes from aging septic systems to municipal sewer. This project took nearly 15 years to get approved from concept to completion. Romtec Utilities provided the new lift station to handle the sewage and pump it to the wastewater treatment facilities of the Carpinteria Sanitary District. In 1998, surfers complained that the famed Rincon Point Beach ...

British Petroleum Cherry Point Refinery, Birch Bay, Washington

British Petroleum Cherry Point Refinery, Birch Bay, Washington Project Details: British Petroleum’s Cherry Point Refinery is located near Birch Bay, WA and is less than a mile from the Salish Sea shoreline. It is the biggest oil refinery in the State of Washington, producing as many as a quarter of a million barrels per day. To address runoff concerns, Cherry Point purchased a Romtec Utilities stormwater pump station. According to the Cherry Point Refinery Environmental ...

Vendor Spotlight: NOLTA-NIVA

Vendor Spotlight: NOLTA-NIVA Mechanical floats are an affordable and reliable technology for liquid level sensing in pumping systems. Romtec Utilities frequently includes mechanical floats in all types of pumping system designs. NOLTA, a German company, manufactures its NIVA brand of floats. These floats are some of the best in the industry for using level-sensing controls across a wide range of pumping applications. This is true particularly in hazardous zones and divisions designated for intrinsically safe ...

Why is a deflector panel or drop bowl necessary?

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Deflector panels and drop bowls are both used to reduce the amount of turbulence in the wet well. Turbulence can have several adverse affects on the lift station. First, unimpeded water, cascading down onto the pumps, can damage them over time. This is especially true with pump cables, which are normally mounted on the top of the pump. If the water breaks or interrupts the connections, power can be cut from the pumps. Cascading water …