Replacement of Gorman-Rupp Pumps with Higher-Performance Units From the Same Company Is Key to Reducing Bypasses

A plant upgrade including new pumps and controls and a plant-wide SCADA system helps an Ohio city solve a long-standing problem of combined sewer overflows.

Replacement of Gorman-Rupp Pumps with Higher-Performance Units From the Same Company Is Key to Reducing Bypasses

Charlie Brown, plant superintendent, with two of the new 18 Gorman-Rupp pumps installed during the upgrade at the Shelby plant.

The Ohio city of Shelby recently upgraded its activated sludge wastewater treatment plant to double its capacity to 5 mgd while expanding capability to treat and disinfect combined high-volume stormwater and wastewater flows.

The project upgraded much of the plant from its...

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