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The Largest Vacuum Sewerage System in the Southern Hempisphere

March 16, 2023 By admin

A vibrant masterplanned community is being established 25 minutes drive from Adelaide in South Australia. Lang Walker head of one of Australia's largest developer's Walker Corporation opened the new entrance to Adelaide's newest suburb, Riverlea, last month. The community will have 12,000 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developer Projects Tagged With: Developer, Monitoring, wireless

Key Largo using monitoring for hurricane preparedness

August 17, 2022 By admin

Key Largo, Florida to Install Large Scale Telemetry Monitoring System in its Sanitary Collection System Installation of FLOVAC Americas radio-telemetry system technology to help prevent SSOs and warn collection system’s operations of potential issues to begin. Flovac has been contracted by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Monitoring, Projects Tagged With: Florida, Monitoring

Operational Costs for Vacuum Sewer Systems

January 20, 2022 By admin

How much does it cost to operate and maintain your vacuum sewer system? Is that high and what is normal? Lets also talk about the best way to reduce your maintenance costs.   Critical Factors Flovac's operations group has completed audits of systems in many locations and through our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Operations Tagged With: Infiltration, Monitoring, operations

How do Variable Flow Rates Affect Your Design

January 12, 2022 By admin

Vacuum Systems operate on a ratio between air and water, either too much air or too much water can negatively impact on the system which could lead to failures or higher operating costs. Systems are designed and built for an average flow rate but in many of the communities where vacuum systems … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Projects, Vacuum Sewers Tagged With: Monitoring

Award Winning Vacuum Pump Station Design

October 11, 2021 By admin

The Hunua Views Flovac vacuum pump station located between Drury and Ramarama south of Auckland in New Zealand has taken out the highly commended award in the 2021 ADNZ Resene Architectual Awards. The design was done by Madushin Amarasekera of Construkt Associated for Classic Homes, a major … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Developer Projects, Projects Tagged With: Developer, Monitoring, New Zealand, residential, Vacuum Pump Station

Sheltering Sewers from the Rain

July 27, 2021 By admin

Pacific Northwest community optimizes its vacuum sewer system with cutting-edge telemetry monitoring Full Article Click here Making the switch from a purely septic-based wastewater handling model to a publicly owned and operated vacuum sewer system solved problems for the small community of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Innovation, Products, Septic to Sewer Replacement Program Tagged With: America, Infiltration, Monitoring, wireless

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

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

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

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