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Engineering · 12 min
How to size a water booster station: a practical engineering guide.
A walk-through of flow, head, redundancy, and control decisions that decide whether a booster station runs quietly for decades — or fails at 2 a.m.
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Maintenance · 11 min
The lift station maintenance checklist every operator needs.
Daily, monthly, and annual tasks that prevent the after-hours calls you never want to take — built from a decade of field service data.
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Controls · 12 min
SCADA without the headache: modern remote monitoring for water systems.
What modern remote monitoring should actually look like for water and wastewater — without the vendor lock-in, the alarm fatigue, or the six-figure consulting bill.
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Operations · 11 min
Where VFDs actually save energy in water systems.
Variable-frequency drives are not magic. In the right application they pay for themselves in months. In the wrong one they add complexity for nothing.
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Maintenance · 11 min
Why mechanical seals fail — and how to make them last.
Seal failures are rarely about the seal. They're about how the pump runs around it. Here's what we see, what causes it, and what to change.
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Engineering · 12 min
Selecting pumps for agricultural irrigation: drip, pivot, and surface systems.
Irrigation pump selection is a different problem than municipal water. Here's how to size for the realities of farm operations, energy markets, and seasonal duty.
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Quick calcs for the field.
Interactive calculators our engineers use on site visits. Estimates for preliminary sizing — always confirm against a real pump curve and project specs.
Pump Horsepower
Unit Conversions
Affinity Laws
Live Widgets
Useful things to come back for.
Live weather and streamflow at our branches, a daily field tip, an energy-savings estimator, and the data sources we actually use.
Local Conditions
Plan field work around the weather.
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Live Streamflow
USGS real-time gauge readings.
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Data: USGS Water Services
Field Tip of the Day
A new one every 24 hours.
Sealless mag-drive pumps fail dry in seconds. If you can't guarantee flooded suction, spec mechanical seals.
VFD Energy Savings
Estimate annual savings from variable speed control.
Industry Pulse
Live data sources we check ourselves.
- USGS WaterWatch — current streamflow conditionsNational map of real-time stream conditions.
- U.S. Drought MonitorWeekly drought status — useful for irrigation planning.
- EIA Electricity rates by stateReference for energy-savings calculations.
- Hydraulic Institute standards updatesNew pump standards & efficiency guidelines.
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