Sanitation

BERNAL IV

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The work involves the construction of a pumping station for potable water on the premises of the General Belgrano Water Treatment Plant belonging to the AySA company in Quilmes, Buenos Aires.

The work will expand and improve drinking water facilities.

12.600 m3

Excavation

9.500 m3

Compacted filler

1600 m3

Structural concrete

8000 m3/h

Pumping capacity

PROJECT

BERNAL PUMPING STATION

CLIENT

Agua y Saneamientos Argentinos S.A. (AySA).

DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKS

The work involves the construction of a pumping station for potable water on the premises of the General Belgrano Water Treatment Plant belonging to the AySA company which ill have a pumping capacity of 8,000 m2/h with a 4 + 2 configuration (4 pumps in operations, 2 in reserve). The node is connected to peripheral channel of the  current reservation tank where the volume to be driven arrives, and a new pressure pipe with a 1,200 mm diameter which will expand and improve the drinking water service in the areas surrounding the pumping stations Bernal II and Bernal III.

Complementary works were also included, such as a chamber for the DN 1200 flowmeter pipe, a chamber for the main valve DN 1200 system, a system of antiram tanks for protecting the DN 1200 pipe, 3.4 km long, with a total capacity of 400 m3, electrical installations in MV and LV power for general pumping equipment and a pumping station and lime water dosing system to control the final pH of drinking water.

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