Warrenpoint Wastewater Pumping Station
Monday 1st July 2013
Macrete Ireland Ltd are currently supplying two new 10.67 metre internal diameter shafts which are being installed by Dawson Wam in Warrenpoint, County Down on behalf of Northern Ireland Water
One shaft, fitted with a dividing wall, is a foul and storm pumping station capable of pumping 250 litres per second during storm conditions via 1800 meters of 500mm diameter pumping main constructed within the carriageway towards Warrenpoint Wastewater Treatment Works. The second shaft is a storage tank connected to the pumping station. The combined capacity of the two tanks is more than 800 cubic metres during storm conditions, thus reducing the chances of flooding throughout the town.