Aria Environmental

Pump stations

Pump station and lift station design

New private and public stations, upgrades and capacity analysis, designed to the utility standard and the flood criteria.

For property owners, developers, cities and the county utility.

Pump station and lift station design

We design new private and public sewage pump stations (lift stations) and upgrade existing ones: capacity increases, pump and control panel replacements, emergency power and full rehabilitation with bypass pumping.

Our design calculations cover design flows and peak factors, wet well sizing and pump cycle, buoyancy, system curves, pump selection and force main hydraulics, including networks where several stations share one force main. Stations are designed to the utility’s standards and to the flood criteria, and we stay through start-up testing and certification.

What we do

  • New lift stations for buildings, subdivisions and developments
  • Capacity upgrades and rehabilitation of existing stations
  • Wet well sizing, pump cycle and buoyancy calculations
  • System curves, pump selection and shared force main analysis
  • Control panels, telemetry, generators and emergency power
  • Bypass pumping plans, start-up tests and O&M manuals

Who this is for

Questions we hear

What is the difference between a pump station and a lift station?

They are the same thing. A lift station, or sewage pump station, lifts wastewater from a low point into a force main when gravity flow is not possible.

Can you upgrade an existing station without taking it out of service?

Yes. We prepare bypass pumping and phasing plans so the station keeps working during construction.

Do you prepare the private pump station operating permit and O&M manual?

Yes. We prepare the O&M manual and the operating permit package in the format the county requires.

Related project experience

Condominium pump station and force main

North Miami · Private

Condominium pump station and force main

Replaced an on-site wastewater treatment plant with a private pump station and about 1,260 LF of 4- and 6-inch force main tied into the city system.

Pump stationForce mainDERM / city permitsBidding
Municipal pump station capacity upgrade, engineering drawing

South Miami-Dade · Municipal

Municipal pump station capacity upgrade

Upgrade to 850 GPM for existing and future development, with hydraulic analysis of a force main network shared by more than 25 stations.

Capacity analysisSystem curvesFlood criteria
Three private pump stations: testing and evaluation

Miami-Dade · Residential

Three private pump stations: testing and evaluation

Performance testing of three self-priming pump stations, a flow meter installation and a sanitary sewer evaluation survey of the private collection system.

Pump stationsPerformance testFlow meterSSES

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