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Floating Pumps Allow Easy Access to Remote, Problematic Reservoirs
Author(s) -
Edwards Alan D.,
Meyer William J.,
Walski James K.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2006.tb02736.x
Subject(s) - environmental science , marine engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , civil engineering , engineering , geotechnical engineering
This article describes how twin floating pump stations were developed for pumping water out of the In Town Lakes to be used for the emergency raw water needs of Chesapeake, Virginia. This was the first project of its kind on this scale east of the Mississippi River, as well as the first to involve the additional complications of wetlands, hurricane wind loads, intra‐lake recirculation, and muddy soils. The stations are 40 ft. by 40 ft. galvanized steel platforms, or barges, decked with lightweight concrete panels and placed on polyethylene encapsulated floats. Each station is equipped with two vertical turbine pumps with space for two additional pumps in the future. Operational procedures are discussed, along with construction advantages, water construction challenges, and hurricane preparedness.