Les groupes électrogènes de secours améliorent la fiabilité et la facilité d'entretien des nouvelles stations de pompage

Comme de nombreuses banlieues en expansion, Camas, située dans l'État de Washington (États-Unis), a été confrontée au problème de la modernisation de son système de collecte des eaux usées vieillissant pour répondre aux besoins de la population croissante de la ville. Implantée sur la rive nord du fleuve Columbia, à proximité de Portland (Oregon) et de Vancouver (Washington), cette ville écologiquement sensible ne pouvait risquer un quelconque refoulement des eaux usées en cas de défaillance du service public d'électricité local. To increase reliability and safety, the city specified that each new lift station include a standby power generator from Cummins Power Generation.

Camas city engineers set several requirements when they began replacing the lift stations. Reliability, easy maintenance and consistency of design and performance were top of the list. Each lift station is pre-engineered by Romtec Utilities of Roseburg, Oregon, to meet those requirements. All components, including structural, mechanical, electrical, power generation and communications, are pre-engineered, delivered as one package and installed in about a week.

"We chose Cummins Power Generation for the same reason cities choose us," said Mark Sheldon, , Romtec Utilities' VP of marketing and sales. "They receive our requirements and respond quickly with the right generator set and transfer switch, and they make installation and maintenance very easy."

Read more on the Camas lift stations case study at cummins.com.