Updated State and Federal environmental regulations led to a shortened project timeline for a facility that needed a Low Volume Wastewater (LVWW) system. Because the regulation prevented the use of the ash impoundment after the deadline, the facility needed to divert all low volume wastewater flows entering the impoundment from the deadline date to the time a permanent LVWW system could be installed and operational.

Operators of one of the largest coal fired power plants in the US based in Michigan, were looking for an efficient, robust and reliable pumping solution to move sludge water from each of the plant’s four sumps.