st Germans Pumping Station Beveron concrete volute pumps

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Bosman Watermanagement B.V. has 6 pieces Beveron pumps installed. Each pump has a capacity of about 17,000 liters per second with a head of five meters.

The Middle Level Commissioners are responsible for land drainage in that part of the Great Level Cam-bridgeshire Fens reclaimed during the l7th Century which lies between the River Nene to the north west and the Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to the east, and which is bounded by low clay hills to the south and west and by the marine silts of Marshland to the north.

The Middle Level has a total catchment area of 70,000 hectares of which approximately 48,500 hectares are rateable fenland. The latter area, most of which lies below mean sea level, is divided into 39 Internal Drainage Districts from which run-off is pumped to the main Middle Level arterial drainage system by 78 pumping stations.

This station offers flood protection to over 20,000 residential properties and agricultural land valued at £3.6 Billion, all of which totally depend on the timely and reliable operation of the station.

The new station will have a 40% increased capacity giving it the ability to pump 100 cumecs. This would be equivalent to pumping over 200 bathtubs of water every second!

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