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Flooded Suction Can Lift Station Technical Specification
Site
Station Foundation and Wetwell
Can Station
Control Panel


**Note:  Submersible lift stations will carry a maximum of 200 GPM and 10 HP pumps.  Anything greater will require a dry pit flooded suction can station.  

Calculation:  Units x 350 Gal. X 2.5 /1440 = GPM

LIFT STATION SITE:

  • Minimum 75’ x 75’ site deeded to City of Rockledge with minimum 40’ x 40’ fenced area around station (commercial and industrial:  only 40’ x 40’ fenced area must be deeded, remainder of the site to be easement)
  • Property corners identified with concrete markers
  • Site elevation:  12’ above finished road grade
  • Fence:  6’ high, 9 ga. fabric, 3-strand barbed, 4’ walk gate, 12’ double drive gate, standard weight post, top rail, 7 ga. wire on bottom with hog rings (residential:  fencing as required for security and aesthetics, with minimum stated)
  • Site (75’ x 75’) sodded, other shall be seed and mulch, landscaped for buffer screening.  Oleander and/or hibiscus around outside of fenced area 4’ from fence on 6’ centers
  • Access road – concrete (min. 5” wire reinforced) , Asphalt – same spec as roadway
  • Potable water supply
  • Underground electrical service
  • Drainage as per City of Rockledge code
STATION FOUNDATION AND WET WELL:

  • 10’ x 12’ x 1’ concrete slab (allowed to set for 48 hours) with 5/8” reinforcement rods in slab every 6”, welded together (footer for can).  
  • Tie-down rods bent over I-beams, encased in slab and cemented over to about 8” to 10” up the side of the can.  
  • 16’ x 20’slab to be poured 6” thick around wet and dry wells
  • Entrance tube shall be 18” to 20” above slab
  • Entrance tube should act as guide and centered with 6’ of freeboard on all sides
  • 8’ diameter wet-well minimum
  • 4’ square aluminum hatch cover with stainless steel hardware
  • 4” PVC vent pipe
  • Can 4’ to 5’ from wet-well
  • Detail of emergency hydraulic hook-up
  • Aluminum hatch cover for basket
  • 8’ diameter wet-well precast, minimum
  • Minimum wall thickness:  8” (minimum 12” for wells over 25’ deep)
  • Bottom slab will be 17’ x 14’ with #5 rebar on 6” center protruding out of the slab 36”, a cast keyway 14’ x 9” x 3” with #5 rebar on 12” center extending into and protruding out of slab 36”  
  • Top elevation:  12” above finished road grade
  • All holes located within 12” of the top of the riser
  • Two (2) coats of Kopper Bitumastic 300m epoxy resin inside and out, one coat to be applied in the field (white)
  • Stainless steel, aluminum or fiberglass rag basket, situated to facilitate removal for cleaning rail system winch assembly for basket removal
CAN STATION:

  • Discharge pressure gauges on lines
  • Florescent light over sump area
  • Welded rung ladder, with anti-slip compound
  • Bell & Gossett air compressor, with tank
  • 4 anodes, 17# magnesium
  • Sump discharge line from dry well to extend within 12” of top of station, before discharging into wet well
  • Motors shall be steel, not aluminum
  • “Celery” green paint, inside of can
  • 9’-9” diameter station
  • Plug valves on discharge and suction
  • Stainless steel disconnect
  • ENPO sump pump, model AV or Sprint II model 4C445
  • Dayton shaded pole blower, model 2C946
  • Full operation maintenance and lube schedules, parts list and instructions
  • Check valves to have lever and spring
  • Provide a spare mechanical seal
  • Provide touch-up paint
  • Dark green paint on outside of can
CONTROL PANEL:

  • Panel on side of can, not in front of pumps
  • Florescent light over panel
  • Wet well level gauge
  • High/low level alarm lights, with guard
  • Phase loss protection (to have a double pole monitor, one is for Compucom telemetry)
  • Lightning arrestors
  • Surge arrestors
  • Honeywell pressure
  • ALLEN-BRADLEY H-O-A switches
  • ALLEN-BRADLEY manual alternator
  • ALLEN-BRADLEY starters (reduced voltage part winding)
  • WESTINGHOUSE circuit breakers
  • Elapsed time meters
  • Manual control
  • Telemetry system (Compucom, Inc.)
  • 15’ high, 1” diameter galvanized pie for antenna (to be bracketed to utility pedestal)
  • Emergency generator receptacle
NOTES:  
All materials and equipment are to be approved by the City of Rockledge and comply with their specifications.

Backfill materials over the bottom slab shall be compacted to 95% maximum density for the full depth of backfill.  


City of Rockledge 1600 Huntington Ln., Rockledge, FL 32955 PH: (321) 690-3978 FAX: (321) 690-3987
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