Pump Maintenance Case Study: 018 Managing and maintaining water control facilities are important roles for the Environment Agency (EA) and its framework contractors such as ECS Engineering Services. When the pumps at a site in Matlock, Derbyshire, needed to be replaced the project also required some major building modifications and additional electrical work, something ECS Site Services Division was able to provide. The pumping station is designed to protect areas of Matlock in the event of high water levels. If the River Derwent rises beyond a certain level, the gates are shut to prevent the water increasing the levels in the adjoining Bentley Brook. The water in the brook is diverted through a set of trash screens to pumps which transfer the water back into the Derwent

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