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Cole Junction Pump Station Startup
•Scheduled startup week of April 28, 2014
•Proposed Open House week of May 19, 2014
Benefits of New Pump Station
•Eliminate a Forcemain that leaked on seven
occasions
–2 MDNR letters-of-warning
–MDNR Notice-of-Violation
– $80,000 spent on repairs
•Eliminate a constructed wet weather overflow
on Jaycee Drive
•Eliminate intermittent odor problems in
downstream sewers (Metro, Jaycee Drive)
CURRENT STATION NEW STATION
Pump Rating (GPM) 1900 3,000-10,000
Pump Horsepower 150 Normal operation: 85
Wet weather: 483
Peak Flow Storage
(Gallons)
5,000 270,000
Forcemain Length (miles) 1.8 4.5
Station Comparisons
Investing in the pump station in this manner will allowed savings of
$4.5M in future downstream sewer upgrades .
New station Cost:
Construction $11.6M
Engineering $1.1M