Pumping & Distribution

SOCWA's pumping distribution to its thirteen member municipalities incorporates:

• 7 pump stations to pump from Detroit, out of storage and to repump to higher terrain
• 3 meter stations and 47 meter vaults
• 26 pumps with discharge ranging from 2,850 to 14,000 gallons per minute
• 5 ground storage reservoirs with a total capacity of 29.5 million gallons
• 3 elevated tanks which total 3.0 million gallons capacity
• 50.5 miles of main with diameters from 16-inch to 48-inch.