New Municipal Pumping Station Solves Major Bottleneck
New Municipal Pumping Station Solves Major Bottleneck
2 PagesPUMP CASE STUDY Northern California Power Agency Middletown, California Pumping Station CUSTOMER APPLICATION AND KEY CHALLENGES The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) provides reliable green power by harnessing steam from the Geyser steam fields in the Middletown, California region. The steam feeds into the largest complex of geothermal plants in the world, collectively producing enough electricity to power a city the size of San Francisco. However, as the geothermal power plants increase output, the steam field needs to be recharged. A 50 mile pipeline transports 11 mil- lion gallons of reclaimed water per day to replenish the steam fields, requiring several pumping stations to maintain adequate water pressure along the way. After equipment at three of the pump- ing s
