Gravity/Low-Pressure/Vacuum - which has the Greenest Credentials It is very clear that septic tanks and cesspools are a disaster for the environment for a number of reasons. Leaking into waterways, poisoning fish and water birds, creating algae blooms. Affecting the overall health of the … [Read more...]
EPA demands that vacuum technology to be used at Eco Resort
The Couran Cove Eco Resort in Queensland Australia is an award winning environmental success story for Flovac and for our client. Designing to best environmental practices which included refunds to staying guests if they used less than average electricity and water during their stay. A vacuum … [Read more...]
Vacuum Sewer Operations Manager Interview
Interview with Alistair Read - Operations Manager Coorong Quays, South Australia. Coorong Quays Project Link 1. What is your role at Coorong Quays? I am the Manager of Operations of the Coorong Quays canal development in charge of the vacuum sewer system as well as the Treatment … [Read more...]
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A New Vacuum Sewer for the Limestone Plateaus of Northern Estonia
The Village of Muraste has replaced the aging septic tanks in the old part of the village which were causing environmental damage. Muraste is located 30 minutes drive north east of the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. Changing to a modern secure vacuum system will also improve the health of those in … [Read more...]
Sandy Lane Yacht Club and Residences
Sandy Lane Yacht Club and Residences Sandy Lane Yacht Club is the luxury marina that has made Canouan the yachting hub of the Grenadines. This large complex, which occupies the southern reaches of the Caribbean island of Canouan, has a total of 120 berths for yachts - 24 of which are for … [Read more...]
Is Infiltration Causing Problems in Your Sewerage System?
Not long after Miles Crossing Sanitary Sewer District in Oregon installed a new vacuum sewer system they realized they had an issue that needed an immediate fix. According to the superintendent, Carl Gifford, "Our flows exceed 180,000 gallons [on heavy rain days] due to a massive I/I issue that we … [Read more...]
Flovac Protecting the Environment in Barcelona
Flovac was in charge of the design and installation of a Flovac vacuum sewerage system at the MB92 Port of Barcelona expansion project to collect wastewater and ensure that no environmental damage could occur in the area. MB92 expands its installations at Barcelona’s port Marina Barcelona … [Read more...]
Flovac’s First Project in Botswana
A Flovac vacuum sewerage system has been installed at the site of one of Africa's most important infrastructure projects, funded by the African Development Fund. The Kazungula Bridge project which is connecting Zambia and Botswana over the Zambezi River will be a 40% boost to the GDP of the … [Read more...]
Why Hilton Resorts chose a Flovac Vacuum Sewerage System
The Hilton Salwa Resort is designed to become one of the largest resorts and residential projects in Qatar. Utilizing a Flovac vacuum sewer system the resort is constructed on 257 acres of land in the Salwa area. The beach resort and villas is a massive project that includes a water park, marina, … [Read more...]
Sydney Superyacht Marina gets a Flovac Makeover
Sydney Superyacht Marina Sewage Pump Out System Upgrade This standout marina was first built in the late nineties to accommodate visitors to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Since that time, not only have the yachts gotten bigger but the requirements of many of the yacht owners have reached the point … [Read more...]
Facing COVID-19: Flovac vacuum sanitation in field hospitals
Challenges Facing Sanitation The Covid 19 pandemic has given the world many challenges, one of the main ones being how to provide care to those with the disease, when hospitals have been overwhelmed with cases. Many countries have established temporary hospitals, pictures of those in Central … [Read more...]
Vacuum Sewer Systems, the safest technology used in Sanitation projects
Vacuum Sewers are the first choice if you worry about the health of your community. Why are vacuum sewers used in areas that are environmentally sensitive? Many towns and cities have also discovered that not only are vacuum sewers the safest in environmentally sensitive areas they are also the … [Read more...]
Engineered Solutions. Flovac Launches New 2 inch Vacuum Valve
Early vacuum sewerage systems are about to get a makeover thanks to the Flovac R&D team in conjunction with the Production team in The Netherlands. Clients from many parts of the world had struggled with getting reliable and easy to use vacuum valves to fit the earliest vacuum systems installed … [Read more...]
Just over 20 Years old and going strong. The worlds most remote vacuum system
The vacuum sewer system in the remote town of Kupungarri has now been in operation for more than twenty years. Where people in the big cities and towns demand pretty brick buildings for pumps stations. Or worry about humidity and bad temperatures affecting their pump station equipment, should look … [Read more...]
Helping Hurricane affected communities in the Caribbean
When Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc through the Caribbean Islands in 2017 leaving a trail of destruction, it was clear that many towns would need to be completely rebuild many of their buildings but also their water and sewage infrastructure. Having already been engaged in other Caribbean countries … [Read more...]
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 still operate when they are under water" The simple answer is yes! The writers of the British and European … [Read more...]
My Vacuum Pumps are Due for an Upgrade – What Next ?
When a vacuum sewer system was planned in your area, there was probably an options study done showing whole of life costs. There was an expectation that over the life of the system (100 years) there would be items that would wear out and need replacing. Just as there would be components that would … [Read more...]
Interview with a Utility Ops Team Leader
A recent interview with team leader David Parkinson of Byron Shire Council gives insights into their vacuum sewer system and just how installing a monitoring system can have time saving and financial benefits to councils. The Byron Bay community on the north eastern coast of New South Wales … [Read more...]
Congratulations to our apprentice operator Jacinta Byrne on her first release
Jacinta works side by side with her dad Daryl out of Flovac's Queensland operation in Australia. She has a great voice and talent which she has showcased to the Australian staff in past get togethers. She has this week released her first single " One Way Ticket to Heartbreak" As you could … [Read more...]
1,000,000 cycles. How long should your vacuum valve last.
A vacuum interface valve is located in a collection pit usually outside of the property boundary at the side of the road. In most systems this collection pit is connected to 4 to 6 homes via a gravity pipe connection. Although the vacuum system is designed that the vacuum valve allows for … [Read more...]
International Womens’s Day – Interview with one of the Industry Founders and Legends
In 1984, with her husband Geoffrey Radinoff, Pat Radinoff formed the Australian company RSM (now Flovac), looking to develop the new vacuum sewerage industry and take it to the world. Eventually becoming Flovac, one of the largest designers, suppliers and operators of vacuum systems in the world and … [Read more...]
Rehabilitating Old 2-inch Vacuum Systems
Those engineers thinking that vacuum sewer technology is new, may be surprised to learn that there are still a number of operating systems installed in the late 1960's and 1970's. These early systems were installed using 2-inch vacuum valves rather than the 3-inch (80mm) vacuum valves commonly … [Read more...]
