WASTOP ® REDUCING ENERGY COSTS AND PROTECTING AGAINST BACKFLOW Location: Karlshamn, Sweden Customer: Karlshamns Municipality PROBLEM: Severe ooding occurred during periods of high water levels caused by storm events. Flooding affected not only homes in the sea front area, but also caused inundation into the sanitary sewer leading to an overloading of the treatment plant. The existing pipe was DN1600mm (NPS 42"). It was important to have a low opening pressure in this area given that it is very at with no fall in the stormwater pipes. WaStop Karlshamn Sweden WaStop Karlshamn Sweden WaStop Karlshamn Sweden SOLUTION: A single installation was undertaken with one large WaStop to allow the high ows through the valve, and three small valves to ensure low ows could be released. All four

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