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Can the Flovac Valve and Controller work under water

Vacuum sewerage systems are often installed in areas which are prone to flooding and rising water tables. A question we are often asked is “Can the Flovac Valve and Controller stilloperate when they are under water” The simple answer is yes! The writers of the British and European Standard for Vacuum Sewerage Systems EN16932-3:2018  and […]

Why are ISO Standards Important

With the recent move to a new international production facility in The Netherlands, the first thing that General Manager Mr Leo Huijs had to set up was new ISO certification for the new facility. ISO certification covers many aspects of our business and how we do the business. ISO 9001 covers Quality and ensures that […]

Flovac’s first project in South Korea

This is a unique project, designed and installed by Flovac’s partners in South Korea Coway EnTech Co. Ltd. Mr Changil Koh the Deputy Manager in charge of the project, said that vacuum systems are very useful in handling the wastewater from the offices and facilities in industrial projects such as Nuclear Power Plants.  they have […]

Upgrading your Vacuum Pump Station

The Vacuum Sewerage Industry is now 50 years old and for a variety of reasons some of the systems infrastructure will need to be replaced or upgraded. It could well be a move away from old liquid ring pumps. It could be that some of the equipment has just come to the end of its […]

Versatility for Developers

A “Plug N Play” Temporary Solution. Installing infrastructure at the early stages of a residential housing development can often disrupt the staging process and the cash flow of the project. Vacuum sewerage systems can make it easier. At Flovac, our engineers have used deployable engineering solutions that will be incorporated into long term projects. The […]

Flovac Expands into the Korean Market

Flovac Systems is very happy to announce the joint cooperative agreement between Flovac and Coway Entech of Korea. Coway Entech has agreed to represent Flovac on the Korean peninsular and will pursue a number of projects looking to use vacuum sewerage systems. Coway Entech is the largest supplier of vacuum systems in the country and […]

How to Sewer The Water Villages of Kampong Ayer

Kampong Ayer in Brunei’s capital city of Bandar Seri Begawan is a cluster of around 40 small villages connected by a 38-kilometer (23-mile) boardwalk. It dates back more than 600 years. Today, around 13,000 people live in the water village, about 3{f2ac4d1e1d40dc2e2d9280a1dfa90d854b2d8c80eba743affa37fc4ce2e16def} of the country’s population. These Water Villages are very common throughout South East […]