Bakersfield is a city in southern California with the Kern River running through it. Los Angeles is located about two hours south.

As the county seat of Kern County, Bakersfield has a population of over 403,000.

Interstate 5 flows past Bakersfield on the western edge of the city with State Route 99, 58, and 178 all going through Bakersfield.

Bakersfield, California has many different attractions including the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, the California Living Museum, the Kern River Ranger District, which is part of Sequoia National Forest, the Park at the Riverwalk, Emerald Cove Park, Stockdale Country Club, and Mesa Marin Sports Complex.

About 20 miles to the west is a census designated place called Tupman that is next to the Tule Elk Reserve State Natural Reserve.

The west of Tupman is the Elk Hills Oil Field, which is a major oil field in western Kern County located in the Elk Hills. It was formerly known as the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 and was discovered in 1911. It is the fifth-largest oil field in California and one of the most productive oil fields in the United States.

Occidental of Elk Hills, Inc. created a plant in the Elk Hills area that included a power-generating heat recovery steam generator. Romtec Utilities was contacted to help create a pump system to deal with industrial water reuse.

The package pump station Romtec Utilities provided, was configured to meet the medium flow requirements for this clean, blowdown water from a power generating heat recovery steam generator.

It has a large precast-concrete rectangular sump with a barrier wall –or weir wall- to reduce turbulence from the blowdown process for the pumps. The vertical turbine pumps, in a duplex configuration, pump the water through a heat recovery apparatus and generator and back for reuse. The pumps were configured to handle high temperatures from the inflows of water. Advanced radar controls were supplied for liquid level sensing.

For a blowdown pump station in a power generation plant, detailed engineering is required because of the varying demands on these types of projects.

Romtec Utilities demonstrated to Oxy and its engineers that a package blowdown pump station design was suitable for their pumping needs.

It was carefully designed, documented, and supplied by Romtec Utilities so that the Oxy installers and engineers would know exactly how the package pump station would integrate with the existing infrastructure.

Expert documentation specified a complete pump system with every individual component data sheet included. This information provided by Romtec Utilities ensured a precise and reliable blowdown pump station capable of carrying out highly defined tasks.

Romtec Utilities has worked with a variety of projects that involve industrial water reuse along with other types like HRSG pumping, oily water, and water recirculation. Whether it’s for an oil and gas project or for power generation, Romtec Utilities can design a pump system that meets the project requirements and pumping needs.

Contact us today to get started on designing a pump system that fits your industrial water pumping needs as we can meet your quick turnaround timelines, while designing and supplying the entire system.