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Flovac Collection Pits are Preferred by Vacuum Sewer Installers

July 27, 2021 By admin

Many Contractors find installing vacuum sewers much easier to install than traditional gravity sewers and low-pressure pumping systems. Vacuum sewers are installed in shallow trenches and have an easy connection point at a property boundary for homeowners to connect up to. Gravity flow from a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Products Tagged With: collection pit, Installation, Vacuum Valve

Why is a Vacuum Sewer the Best Collection System for the Environment

June 10, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Flovac, Vacuum Sewers Tagged With: #courancove, #environmental, #greeninfrastructure

My Vacuum Pumps are Due for an Upgrade – What Next ?

May 6, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Flovac, Operations Tagged With: #, #vacuum pumps, #VPS Upgrade, Installation

Interview with a Utility Ops Team Leader

May 4, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Flovac Tagged With: Australia, Byron, Installation, Monitoring

1,000,000 cycles. How long should your vacuum valve last.

March 16, 2021 By admin

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 so that the vacuum valve allows … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Operations, Products Tagged With: High Density, Monitoring, Vacuum Valve

International Womens’s Day – Interview with one of the Industry Founders and Legends

March 8, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Flovac Tagged With: History, radinoff, sylvania, thailand

EPA demands that vacuum technology to be used at Eco Resort

February 24, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Developer Projects, Marinas and Ports, Projects Tagged With: Australia, blackwater, Environmentally Sensitive, exfiltration, Monitoring, Queensland, Resort

Rehabilitating Old 2-inch Vacuum Systems

February 18, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Operations, Projects Tagged With: 2-inch, Australia, europe, upgrade

Vacuum Sewer Operations Manager Interview

February 3, 2021 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Operations, Projects Tagged With: Canal Development, Coorong Quays, Hindmarsh, Monitoring, Support, System Expansion, Versatility

Have a Look at our New Animation on How Vacuum Sewers Work

December 15, 2020 By admin

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A New Vacuum Sewer for the Limestone Plateaus of Northern Estonia

December 1, 2020 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Projects, Septic to Sewer Replacement Program Tagged With: Cold Climate, Estonia, Installation, Monitoring, Muraste, Nordic

Sandy Lane Yacht Club and Residences

November 26, 2020 By admin

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...]

Filed Under: Developer Projects, Projects Tagged With: Canouan, Caribbean, Monitoring, Superyacht

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