Project Spotlight: Richmond Short Creek and Hayes Lift Stations

The Richmond Sanitary District recently completed construction on both the Short Creek and Hayes Lift Station replacement projects. An extensive flow monitoring and hydraulic modeling effort helped identify existing and projected long-term average daily dry weather and wet weather sanitary flows.

The Short Creek Lift Station, which was sized to handle future peak flows for significant wet weather events, was expanded from 2.5 MGD to 9.25 MGD. The quadplex lift station utilizes large submersible chopper pumps to convey flows from the lift station directly to Richmond’s wastewater treatment plant. This project also involved the construction and installation of a new control building, site improvements, a generator, as well as the demolition of the existing Short Creek Lift Station.

The Hayes Lift Station, which is a duplex lift station that also utilizes submersible chopper pumps, has a firm pumping capacity of 1.7 MGD. This lift station conveys flows from the northeast portion of Richmond’s collection system southwest towards the Short Creek Lift Station. This project also included the installation of 10,100 linear feet of directionally drilled ten (10) inch diameter HDPE force main, demolition of the existing Hayes Lift Station, electrical work, instrumentation and control work, and site civil work.

For more information regarding the projects and the design of wastewater lift stations and force mains, contact Brian Wilson, P.E.