Credit Hours System – Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University

PBWN 201 – Spring 2023

Water & Wastewater Engineering

Part Two: Wastewater Engineering
Sewage Pump Stations
Prof. Dr. Mona M. Galal
Professor of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering, Cairo University
Dr. Safwat Mahmoud, PMP®
Associate Professor of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering, Cairo University
Dr. Nagwan Gamal
Associate Professor of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering, Cairo University
 Suitable Location of Sewage Pump
Station
 Types of Pumping Stations
 Components of Pump Station
 Wet well-Submerged P.S.
 Dry well-Circular P.S.
Introduction
• Wastewater pumping stations are used to lift or elevate the
wastewater from a lower elevation to an adequate height at
which it can flow by gravity or overcome hydrostatic head.
Suitable Location of Sewage Pump station

• Location of Low elevations

• Location owned by the government

• Avoid intersections between sewers and water courses with large depth

• The road to the pump station with suitable width

• Near sources of electricity and water

• Invert level of inlet sewer should not be more than 6.5 m.

Components of Pump Station

1) Sump
2) Pump
3) Motor

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2
Types of Pumping Stations
The pumping stations are classified as dry well and wet well.

• Dry Well Pump stations (wet-

dry):
Used for:
medium (40 – 300 L/s) &
large flowrates (more than 300
L/s)

• Wet Well Pump stations:

Used for:
small ( up to 40 L/s) &
medium flowrates (40 – 300
L/s).
 Dry-Well Wet-Well
Pump Station Submerged Pump Station
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

Inlet Sewer I.L.

Max. W.L.

Pump Axis Min. W.L.

Sump I.L.
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

Inlet Sewer I.L.

Effective Total
Pump Axis
0.5 m Sump I.L. Depth Depth
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

0.5 S

D S

0.5 S
 1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

- Max. W.L. = Inlet Sewer I.L.

- Area = πD2/4
- Effective Depth (deff.) = Max. W.L. – Min. W.L.
- Effective Volume (Veff.) = Area * deff.
- Pump Axis = Min. W.L. – 0.5 m
- Total Depth = Max. W.L. – Sump I.L.
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

A) Design Flows:

Qpeak = inlet flow

(Pop.* q a vg * Factor) *PFF

Qpeak = + Q Inf. + Q Rain
1000 * 24 * 3600

Factor = 0.8 – 0.9 (If not given, take it 0.85)

1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.
B) Design of Sump:

- Retention Time = 5~15 min

V =V =Q *T
sump eff. peak

V
sump = πD2/4 * deff.

deff. = 0.8 ~3 m or =Max. W.L. – Min. W.L.

Get D
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.
C) Design of Force Main:
Q = A *v
Q = Q peak

• Assume v = 1~ 1.5 m/sec

• Get Dcommerical & Vactual

• Hf = (f L / D )* (V2 /2g)
Where: V: velocity in m/sec.
• f : friction coefficient (dimensionless) ( take it 0.02 if not given)
• L :force main length in meters
• D : Dcommercial in meters.
• g : 9.81 m/s2
1) Wet Well-Submerged P.S.

D) Power Requirements:
Q H m
Horse power = 7 5 p

1 .1 * H P
Electrical power = 1 . 3 4 m

Where, Hm = Hstatic + Hfriction + Hsecondary losses + Hresidual

If not given, assume number of working pumps is half total number of pumps
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.

Inlet Sewer I.L.

= Max. W.L.

Min. W.L. (Trip Level) Pump Axis

Sump I.L.
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.

Effective
Depth
0.5 m
0.5 m
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.

0.5 S

S
D
S

0.5 S

h
D
 2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.

• Max. W.L. = Inlet Sewer I.L.

• Area = πD2/4
• Effective Depth (deff.) = Max. W.L. – Min. W.L.
• Effective Volume(Veff.) = Area of Sump * deff.
• Pump Axis = Min. W.L. – 0.5 m
• Total Depth = Max. W.L. – Sump I.L.
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.

A) Design Flows:

Qpeak = inlet flow

(Pop.* q a vg * Factor) *PFF

Qpeak = + Q Inf. + Q Rain
1000 * 24 * 3600

Factor = 0.8 – 0.9 (If not given, take it 0.85)

2) Dry well-Circular P.S.
B) Design of Sump:
• Retention Time = 5~15 min

Vsump = Veff. =Qpeak * T

• Vsump = area of sump (a) * deff.
• deff. = 0.8 ~3 m or =Max. W.L. – Min. W.L. or as given
• Get area of sump (a)
• Assume h/D = 0.4  from chart a/A = 0.375
• A = πD2/4  Get D
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.
C) Design of Force Main:
Q = A *v
Q = Q peak

• Assume v = 1~ 1.5 m/sec

• Get Dcommerical & Vactual

• H f = (f L / D )* (V2 /2g)
Where: V: velocity in m/sec.
• f : friction coefficient (dimensionless) ( take it 0.02 if not given)
• L :force main length in meters
• D : Dcommercial in meters
• g : 9.81 m/s2
2) Dry Well-Circular P.S.
D) Power Requirements:

Q H m
Horse power = 7 5 p

1 .1 * H P
Electrical power = 1 . 3 4 m

Where, Hm = Hstatic + Hfriction + Hsecondary losses + Hresidual

If not given, assume number of working pumps is half total number of pumps
 Thank you
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