Lakewood, Washington is a city in Pierce County that is 8 miles southwest of Tacoma. The population of Lakewood was 63,612 at the 2020 census and is the second largest city in Pierce County. Seattle is about 40 miles north on Interstate 5.

Local attractions include American Lake Park, Lakewold Gardens, Fort Steilacoom Park, Sunnyside Beach Park, Thornewood Castle, Tacoma Country & Golf Club, Clover Park Baseball Fields, The Home Course, Chambers Bay Golf Course, Meadow Park Golf Course, Seeley Lake Park, and Spanaway Park.

Just south of Lakewood is the Joint Base Lewis-McChord which is a U.S. Army base that is home to the I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing. The base became one of 12 joint bases when Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base merged in 2010. The Joint Base Lewis-McChord spans over 90,000 acres and supports over 40,000 service members.

In certain circumstances, Romtec Utilities will design and supply systems for classified purposes. This military facility with Interwest Construction Inc. and Centennial Contractors required this type of sensitivity.

There are difficulties that can develop in a design process when information is off limits, but Romtec Utilities is always willing to work with a customer and their engineering firms to design a correct package lift station with the information that is provided.

Although the exact operation will never be known, the US Army Joint Base Lewis-McChord received a fully engineered and supplied pump system package capable of meeting its pumping requirements at a nominal price.

This package pump system for the base was configured to meet the medium flow requirements for a federal industrial process system with stormwater to treatment.

Interwest Construction Inc. is a construction company based in Burlington, Washington. Centennial Contractors is a leader in infrastructure improvements, new construction, and emergency services for facility owners with an office in Seattle.

Submersible centrifugal pumps are protected from turbulence by a drop bowl. A below-grade concrete electrical vault holds the disconnect panel and electrical connections. A drainpipe allows this vault to double as a stormwater drain for the area around the lift station. An outdoor UL listed control panel includes a basic alarm, floats for liquid level-sensing, and a NEMA rated enclosure.

The system has a 4’ diameter wet well, with 3” discharge piping, and Goulds pumps. It handles up to 100 gallons per minute with a total dynamic head of 10’.

At Romtec Utilities we provide the lift station design and engineering, supply, site plan design, along with an on-site construction adviser who handles the startup training and support.

We were proud to provide this lift station for the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, along with our partners Interwest Construction and Centennial Contractors.

This sensitive project is where our team works to fill in gaps in information unavailable to provide a fully engineered and supplied lift station package for their industrial water process needs. Contact us today if you would like us to help you with your project.

At Romtec Utilities, we design, manufacture, and supply industrial lift stations for governments, cities, and municipalities all over the U.S.