What are the monitoring and maintenance schedules for pump stations before and after a spill?
Pumping stations are continuously monitored utilizing a Supervisory Control and Data Aquisition (SCADA) system which is a remote monitoring system that monitors equipment at all times. This is augmented by routine Technician visits who deal with 70% of all issues arising from station operation, including frequency based preventive maintenance. Items not handled by service area Technicians are tracked by the Team creating work orders for major mechanical, electrical and instrumentation by experienced specialists. When a spill occurs, resources are directed to identify the root cause of the problem and work to prevent any recurrence. This may result in a specific repair or the recommendation of a major project to retrofit existing infrastructure. This effort continues until all parties involved are confident that the immediate problem and other possible ramifications are resolved. Significant redundancy has been built into all of our pump stations to provide the ability to minimize the i
