Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
(OP)
I've just started working with a construction company (in the office) and was wondering if there is any great differences between lift stations and pump stations. Is it just applications? Are there any significant cost differences for similar setups?
Thanks,
hartz
Thanks,
hartz





RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
As for cost differences the question is a nonsense.
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
No, there is no great difference between the two.
A lift station will raise the liquid a few feet or meters and pump it a SHORT distance to a gravity line or other process.
A pump station does the same thing, only it may pump the liquid a LONG distance.
Not enough difference to worry about.
good luck
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
I've never heard of a water (as in drinking water/raw water) pump station being called a "lift station", however.
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
How about alluvial wells? Any other nomenclature commonly used for them. Static well??
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
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http://www.abb.com/lift-station
Pumps stations are for water, sewage, oil, etc and are generally above ground.
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?
"One pumps and the other one lifts.
They are typically interchangeable. But in my humble opinion, a lift station would refer to a sewage station, and a pump station would refer to a water booster station. However, I have referred to lift station as pump
stations, but never a pump station as a lift station.
Know what I mean."
RE: Any difference between lift stations and pump stations?