The Family Support Center of South Sound (FSCSS) needed an affordable housing development pump station for their new social housing complex in Olympia, Washington. The site needed a low-cost public housing stormwater lift station to pump water from a detention pond and move it to the other side of the site for dispersion over a wide area. The Romtec Utilities stormwater pump station is sized for a 100-year storm to pump at a very high rate in case of large storms so that the detention pond does not flood.

As some site changes occurred, it was recognized that a pump station was needed, so we were brought on board with the Blueline Group to support the developer, Family Support Center of South Sound (FSCSS). The Blueline Group brought us into this project, as we have worked with them before on other projects. The stormwater lift station features 2 horsepower Grundfos submersible pumps in a duplex configuration. This low-cost public housing stormwater lift station meets the needs of this new development in Olympia, Washington.

Olympia, Washington is the capital of the state at the bottom of the Puget Sound. Seattle is about an hour northeast of this city, up Interstate 5, while Portland is about 100 miles to the south.

Budd Inlet and Eld Inlet extend into this area, connecting to Puget Sound. Nearby lies Capitol Lake, adjacent to the Washington State Capitol Campus, which includes the Governor’s Mansion—built in 1909.

Old Highway 99 and U.S. Route 101 pass through this area. As of the 2020 census, the City of Olympia had a population of 55,605 and serves as the county seat of Thurston County. This reflects notable growth from the 2010 census, when the population was 46,478.

There are many local attractions including Percival Landing Park which has a boardwalk, West Bay Park, Garfield Nature Trail Park, Marathon Park, and Watershed Park.

Another way Olympia supports its community is through this affordable housing development, a privately led project funded by the developer, public contributions, and grant funding.

The developer is Family Support Center of South Sound (FSCSS), a nonprofit multi-service agency in Olympia, Washington, founded in 1992. The agency provides over 4,000 parents, children, and survivors of violence with coordinated, supportive services in one centralized location. This public housing stormwater lift station is for a project that helps those in need with housing and other services to help them get back on their feet.

The system’s purpose is to take water from a detention pond and discharge it to the other end of the site for dispersion. The pump station is sized for the 100-year storm.

Romtec Utilities was contacted by The Blueline Group. We have coordinated multiple projects with Blueline, namely Bella Cresta, MacDonald Estates, and Paramount Apartments. Blueline is an engineering consultant who provides civil engineering and land-use development services in Kirkland, Washington.

They were well into the CD phase, but due to site changes, it was determined that a pump station would be required. Romtec Utilities worked with Blueline to develop preliminary designs, scopes, budgets, and spec drawings that could be passed to the owner and included in the plan set to be purchased by the contractor at the time of bid.

Walsh Construction was the general contractor for the housing development while Bayshore Construction Company installed the stormwater pump system. Bayshore Construction Company provides demolition, excavation, utility work, concrete foundation, structural slabs, and architectural concrete out of Arlington.

We worked with Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. on this project, whom we have worked with before on DLR OR2-PDX12, Fashion Valley, Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus, QTS – HIL1 DC2, and Yeon Tilt Up projects.

The stormwater station has duplex 2 horsepower Grundfos submersible pumps, in-well check valves and external “can” valves. The precast 5’ ID x 15.5’ deep wet well uses a E&H pressure transducer for primary level sending and Nolta MS1 floats for secondary level sensing.

Romtec Utilities worked closely with the Blueline Group to bring this stormwater pump station project to fruition for the Family Support Center of South Sound housing development project in Olympia, Washington. A social housing development pump station like this project, meets pumping needs of stormwater on this housing site.

If you have a stormwater pump system needed for your housing development project, we can design, manufacture, and supply a system that fits your specific project needs, budget, and timeline.

An affordable housing development pump station like this for stormwater can deal with any level of storm events by pumping up to 195 gallons per minute. In order to meet the pumping needs of this affordable housing development pump station, we designed the system with a precast wet well, and 2 horsepower Grundfos submersible pumps in a duplex configuration.