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PUMP STATION MAINTENANCE
Pump station maintenance is responsible for monitoring, operation, repair and maintenance on the
66 pump stations located throughout Fayette county. These pump stations range in capacity from
1,000 gallons per day at the Georgetown Road Fire Dept. to 4,500,000 gallons/day at Wolf Run
Pump station.
Pump Station Purpose
Pump Stations are necessary in the conveyance of sewage from a large area to a centralized
treatment facility. Often pump stations are needed to "lift" the sewage through a force main to
a point were it can continue to flow by gravity to the treatment facility. Lexington is unusual
in its topography in that water runs away from Lexington in almost all directions. This makes
it difficult to take advantage of the flow of gravity and results in the necessity of more pump
stations than cities of comparable size.
Tour a Pump Station
Operations
All the pump stations in the Lexington Fayette County system are automated in the pumping of
sewage. Additionally telemetry systems have been installed in all pump stations which send
flow/performance data and alarm situations our central location. The installation of telemetry
systems has decreased substantially the man hours needed to check each pump station on a daily
basis. Some pump stations are now only checked on a weekly basis. All the major stations are
checked and maintained on a daily or twice per day frequency. Pump station operations included
cleaning bars racks of debris and rotation of lead and lag pumps.
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