Pumping station

A pumping station ( depending on the design and pumping station or lift called ) is a system of hydraulic engineering, which is used to pump water from a lower elevation waters in a higher ground.

Pumping stations are used in many areas of water used:

  • Operation of fountain in Castle Park (eg the still -working pump stations of Nymphenburg Palace in Munich)
  • Water level regulation of natural waters ( flood protection)
  • Artificial water bodies / channels

As a pump can be used as centrifugal pumps, screw pumps, pumps or pneumatic hoists.

Pumping station Ottersdorf

Small pumping station for water supply in Niederweiler with garbage (Baden ), built in 1908, Photo December 2010

  • Water
  • Design ( hydraulic )
  • Pumping station
Water resource management Pumping Stations at the Nymphenburg Palace Land reclamation Hobrecht-Plan Sewage farm
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