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WPCA operator reports pump-station SSO, fixes underway; design work advances on Beacon, Hubbles Lane, settling tanks
Summary
Veolia’s contract operator reported a Feb. 16 sanitary-sewer overflow at the Killer Brook pump station caused by pump alarm failures and a removal from the alarm list by vendor Xylem; the operator described new monitoring equipment and redundancy measures.
Veolia’s contract operator reported a February sanitary-sewer overflow at the Killer Brook pump station and described steps taken to prevent a recurrence, while city engineering staff updated the board on multiple design and construction projects.
In the operations report, the contract operator said the primary cause of the Feb. 16 event was pump failure plus an alarm-notification breakdown. “We had been removed from the alarm list by Xylem without our knowledge,” the operator told the board, and the operator described adding redundancy after the event. The board was told the operator installed a cellular “smart cover” over the wet well and worked with Aaron…
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