For this commercial replacement pump station close to a university, we worked with the private contractor and civil engineer to lower the price of the wastewater lift station and adjust the design of the system. Therefore, we met the needs of the commercial replacement pump station by lowering the price and finalizing the design, which replaced an old system for a new grocery store and large marketplace with stores in an old, blighted, area.

Romtec Utilities was able to deliver for the contractors involved in the commercial development, to replace an old system, to provide for the wastewater pumping needs of the new commercial marketplace near Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Fort Collins, Colorado is a city in the northern part of the state on the eastern edge of the Colorado Rockies.

Fort Collins is 67 miles north of Denver, Colorado via US Route 287 or Interstate 25.

It had a population of 169,810 as of the 2020 census making it the fourth most populous city in Colorado. It is the county seat of Larimer County.

It is home to Colorado State University and is a proud college town. The Fort Collins metropolitan area had a population of 375,000.

With a college town comes the need to feed a lot of hungry college students. The North College Marketplace is close to Colorado State University just to the north and is a large retail center home to the King Soopers marketplace grocery store in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Marketplace features general merchandise and grocery store as the anchors of that commercial development. This 26-acre plot was a devastated area previously and the new development brings new energy, stores, and restaurants to the area.

The civil engineering firm, Ayres Associates, contacted Romtec Utilities to provide designs and budgetary pricing for a wastewater lift station to be installed at a new food & drug store called King Soopers. The preliminary design and pricing were reviewed by the private contractors, Connell Resources, and Ayers Associates.

King Soopers is the final owner of the wastewater lift station for their new grocery and drug store in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Ayres Associates is a civil engineer providing a variety of engineering services for projects with an office based in Fort Collins that focuses on water resources along with other services.

Connell Resources is a full-service site development and infrastructure general contractor specializing in site clearing and demolition, earthwork and development based in Windsor, Colorado.

The only revision requested was that the price be lower after the preliminary design. Romtec Utilities asked for a proposed budget for the design and was directed to make a few amendments to the design criteria. The proposed changes and requested price were quickly met by Romtec Utilities. The commercial replacement pump station was approved by the City of Fort Collins shortly after.

Getting the price lower and the designs finalized quickly allowed this commercial development to proceed for the King Sooper marketplace in Fort Collins, Colorado.

The food & drug store serving a nearby university needed this replacement package wastewater lift station for medium flow rates.

Submersible Flygt solids handling pumps were designed to operate with suspended grease in the water from a cafeteria in the market.

The lift station valves are vertically integrated into the sump discharge piping. An indoor UL listed control panel contains an intrinsically safe barrier for the in-well electrical controls, and an autodialer and basic alarm fulfill communication requirements. Flygt floats are the primary and backup level-sensing control devices. The replacement wastewater lift station can pump 150 gallons per minute, Valmatic backflow actuator, 6’ diameter wet well, and 4” discharge piping.

There is a grease trap positioned next to the wastewater lift station along with a sanitary service line also adjacent to the grease trap.

Romtec Utilities provided an onsite construction technician to help ensure the system was installed the way the system was designed. We also provided start up commissioning of the system, along with training of the maintenance team, to ensure they know the operations of the system and controls.

Our robust warranty covers the complete packaged replacement wastewater lift station as the one stop shop for the entire system.

We worked with the contractors to lower the price and adjusted the design of the system to work within the budget of the project. This was highly valuable to success of the project to move forward with the development.

We can work with your budget, timeline, and turnaround and collaborate with the various contractors to make your replacement wastewater lift station project a success. We have delivered pump systems in quick turnaround to meet ongoing construction projects that need the system as soon as possible. We have a design team that can design the system to meet the owners’ control preferences and meet all pumping requirements of the project.

To get started on your next wastewater lift station, contact us today!