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City engineers: Snoqualmie Valley Hospital project requires BP pump station wet-well expansion
Summary
Engineers told the Parks and Public Works Committee that Snoqualmie Valley Hospital’s planned expansion will exceed the Business Park pump station’s capacity, and recommended adding wet-well storage. The hospital is expected to reimburse design and construction costs, and staff aim to bid by the end of the month.
Patrick Fry, a project engineer with Parks and Public Works, told the committee on Feb. 3 that the Business Park (BP) pump station must be enlarged to serve a planned expansion at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital.
Fry said the pump station has a firm capacity of 750 gallons per minute (GPM) and currently operates at "about 710, 711 GPM" at peak hourly factor. "The hospital intends on adding 49 GPM," Fry said, which would leave the station roughly 10 GPM short of firm capacity and could increase pump cycles and premature wear.
City staff described several technical options — wet-well expansion, upsizing pumps or force mains,…
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