Design Principles for Wastewater Pumping Stations - DP-13 - Ver. 0.6 - Draft for public consultation

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Design Principles for Wastewater Pumping Stations presents a structured framework for planning, designing, reviewing, and delivering wastewater pumping station solutions. It defines general design requirements, criticality and infrastructure flexibility principles, design life, function classes, and resilience measures including scoring and risk. The document sets out safety and hazard mitigation guidance, outlines the design process and pumping-station planning considerations, and specifies design deliverables and output format. It covers site ground conditions, construction, asset data, testing, commissioning, rejection criteria, and handover documents. It also includes typical pump-station design parameters, such as material selection for wet wells and pipework, valve choices, and non-return and isolation valves.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages56

Reading Time2 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

GLOSSARY: TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

PART A – PREAMBLE AND GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. REFERENCED STANDARDS

3. DESIGN DELIVERABLES

4. CRITICALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE FLEXIBILITY PRINCIPLES

5. SAFETY AND HAZARD MITIGATION

6. DESIGN PROCESS PUMPING STATIONS

7. PUMPING STATION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS

8. DESIGN OUTPUT FORMAT

9. PUMPING STATION SITE

10. GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

11. DESIGN REVIEW

12. CONSTRUCTION

13. PUMPING STATION ASSET DATA

14. TESTING AND HANDOVER

PART B – TYPICAL PUMP STATION DESIGN PARAMETERS

1. MATERIAL SELECTION

Design Principles for Wastewater Pumping Stations DP-13 Ver. 0.6 Date: 1 November 2021 | Revision | Description | Released by | Date | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 0.1 | Draft | J de Villiers | 30/10/2017 | | 0.2 | Final draft | J de Villiers | 28/2/2018 | | 0.3 | Working draft for comment | J de Villiers | 22/6/2018 | | 0.4 | Draft to include hybrid and wet-well options. Document restructured. Internal review | J de Villiers | 28/09/2020 | | 0.5 | Internal review. Combining DP-06 and DP-13 | J de Villiers | 17/02/2021 | | 0.6 | Draft for public consultation | J de Villiers | 1/11/2021 | Reviewed by: Rev. 0.5 – Internal working group Table of contents GLOSSARY: TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................... 6 PART A – PREAMBLE AND GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS........................................................ 8 1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 9 2. REFERENCED STANDARDS...................................................................................................... 9 2.1. STANDARDS LIST ........................................................................................................................... 9 2.2. Watercare standards ............................................................................................................ 9 2.3. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ................................................................................... 10 2.4. OTHER PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 10 3. DESIGN DELIVERABLES ........................................................................................................ 10 4. CRITICALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE FLEXIBILITY PRINCIPLES ................................................ 11 4.1. DESIGN LIFE ............................................................................................................................... 11 4.2. FUNCTION CLASSES AND CRITICALITY .............................................................................................. 12 4.3. RESILIENCE AND REDUNDANCY ...................................................................................................... 12 4.3.1. Resilience measurements {Table based on the IIMM, 2015 example table 3.2.8}.......... 13 4.3.2. Scoring ............................................................................................................................. 14 4.3.3. Risk .................................................................................................................................. 14 5. SAFETY AND HAZARD MITIGATION ...................................................................................... 14 5.1. SAFETY IN DESIGN GUIDELINES ...................................................................................................... 14 5.2. SAFETY IN FACILITIES DESIGN GUIDELINES........................................................................................ 14 6. DESIGN PROCESS PUMPING STATIONS................................................................................. 15 7. PUMPING STATION PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................ 20 8. DESIGN OUTPUT FORMAT ................................................................................................... 20 9. PUMPING STATION SITE ...................................................................................................... 20 9.1. SITE GROUND CONDITIONS ........................................................................................................... 21 10. GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................. 23 11. DESIGN REVIEW .......................

FAQs

What is the document’s scope for wastewater pumping station work?

It provides design requirements and guidance for planning, designing, reviewing, constructing, testing, commissioning, and handing over wastewater pumping stations, including typical design parameters.

How does the document address criticality and infrastructure flexibility?

It lays out design life, function classes and criticality, and resilience and redundancy, including resilience measurements, scoring, and risk.

What safety-related guidance is included in the design process?

It includes safety in design guidelines and safety in facilities design guidelines, supporting hazard mitigation throughout the pumping-station lifecycle.

Oct 28, 2026

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