Steinhagen. Pumping stations made of plastic are enjoying increasing popularity for the disposal of wastewater from properties. Their corrosion resistance in particular makes plastic chambers a sensible alternative to traditional concrete chambers for many wastewater systems. The "Scharmützelsee/Storkow/Mark" Water/Wastewater Association and operator AWATECH-Entsorgungsdienste Storkow GmbH recently celebrated a jubilee of a most unusual kind.
Representatives of the wastewater association and of the disposal operator made a special visit to Jung Pumpen in Steinhagen to witness the production of the 2,000th plastic chamber. With its pump and controls, this chamber - along with its predecessors - forms part of the extensive wastewater disposal project in the wastewater catchment area around the Scharmützel Lake, which lies approximately 70 km to the south of Berlin.
A demanding drainage challenge
This sprawling catchment area has more than 5,500 house connections and the wastewater often needs to be pumped over very long distances via pressure mains, which have to be laid above the very high ground water level. In total, 162 km of pressure main, 66 pumping stations and - as of now - 2,000 pressure drainage chambers are included in AWATECH GmbH's wastewater disposal concept. "Connecting up such a complex catchment area is a challenge for many years to come. The plastic chambers and the consulting services of Jung Pumpen's wastewater experts form an essential building block for the sustainable operation of the drainage network", says Frank Möller, director of AWATECH.
A toast to the 2,000th pressure drainage chamber: (from the left) Jung Pumpen's marketing director Hans Lessmeier, Harald Schick (sales director, eastern division), wastewater foreman Ralf Thormählen, field worker Detlef Strehl, project planner Horst Ross, sales director Frank Erdt, Frank Möller (Awatech), director Helmut Schweitzer with Renate Salffner and Hans-Joachim Klingberg of the Storkow Water Association.