Today, 2 fish friendly Archimedes’ screw pumps of 3.0 m diameter have been installed in Hampton Downs, New Zealand. The pumps have been designed to displace a total of 4.5 m³ of water per second to the Waikato river.
ø 3m screw pumps en route to Auckland
In early November, two fish-friendly Archimedes’ enclosed screw pumps from FishFlow Innovations were loaded onto a ship to New Zealand. The screws have a diameter of ø 3 meters and a total length of almost 18 meters. The screw pumps will replace a pumping station that is located between Auckland and Hamilton. If the journey goes according to schedule, the screw pumps will arrive in Auckland by Christmas.
2 nominations for Pump Industry Awards 2019
Bells & Mocketts Pumping Station is nominated in 2 categories for the Pump Industry Awards 2019
The in 2018 commissioned pumping station with two fish friendly enclosed Archimedes’ screw pumps of Ø 2,5 metres is located on the Isle of Sheppey in the United Kingdom. The awards ceremony will be Thursday 21 March. The categories in which the pumping station is nominated are ‘Project of the year’ and ‘Environmental contribution of the year’.
Installing Fish Friendly Pumping Station Bells & Mocketts
In the British county Kent on the Isle of Sheppey a FishFlow Innovations Archimedes’ screw pumping station is being installed. This new pumping station can lift 3.5 cubic meters per second in an unparalleled high efficiency. Read more