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  • Fundamentals of Pump Station and Force Main Design

    Credits: 4 PDH

    PDH Course Description:

    This course provides guidance, instructions and criteria for the design of sanitary and industrial wastewater pumping facilities. Facilities covered in this course include:
    • pump and ejector stations required for removal of sanitary and industrial wastes from remote or low lying areas of the installation which cannot be served hydraulically by gravity sewers
    • controlled introduction and lifting of raw wastewater into the waste treatment plant
    • transfer of recycled and bypassed flows throughout the plant
    • discharge of treated effluent.
    The design of a wastewater pumping station will typically include site improvements, structures, screening and flow monitoring devices, pumping units, pump drives, system controls and instrumentation, mechanical and electrical components, interior piping, underground force mains, valves and appurtenances.

    Topics:

    • Special wastes
    • Pump station alternatives
    • Locating of pump stations, service area, site selection
    • Building and site requirements
    • Required pumping capacity
    • Type of construction
    • Wastewater equipment - pumps, pump drives, drive mechanisms and controls
    • Pump speed controls
    • Pumping system design
    • Force main hydraulics, pump analysis and selection, wet well design
    • Pump controls and instrumentation
    • Surge phenomena
    • Screening and comminuting (minute paticulates) devices
    • Pipe materials, fittings, joints, valves and appurtenances
    • Installation and construction requirements
    • Heating and ventilation
    • Electrical equipment and lighting, standby power
    • Water supply, flow measurement
    • Paints and protective coatings

    To take this course:

    1.) Enroll in Course: Click below to enroll:
    (must be logged into your user account)


    2.) Study: Once enrolled, click below to begin the course:

    Download the Study Guide (Mobile Format)

    3.) Test:Upon reading the course Study Guide, please click below to take the quiz.
    (Note: you must be enrolled in the course, and logged into your user account, in order to activate the quiz).

    Take the final exam

    4.) Certificate: A passing grade of 70% or higher on the quiz, is required to receive the certificate of completion for this PDH course.

    Print the Certificate of Completion

    Intended Audience: This course is intended for Water Resource, Hydraulic, Civil, Environmental, and other engineers whose job description requires a general knowledge of pump station and force main design procedures.
    Publication Source: Interactive course format, based in part on materials from the US Corp of Engineers (Unified Facilities Criteria)

    Donald Parnell, PE

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