Chief Engineer Explains Purpose of Yabra Pumping Station

On the phone: Evondale Moody

According to Moody, the objective is to drain the canals of excess water whenever they have reached capacity.  At a rate of roughly five hundred gallons per second, the aim is to reduce the water level as quickly as possible.

On the phone: Evondale Moody, Chief Engineer, MIDH

“Ideally, the pumping station is supposed to function when the main canals have basically topped the top slabs that are there.  That means the canals have been filled to capacity and in certain events we may have high tide at that same given point in time.  At that point in time is when the pumping station should be put into effect so that we can pump that water from the canal so that it could recede as quickly as it can to collect waters from the adjacent side drains.  In terms of capacity of the pump, each pump is designed to pump approximately one point two meters cubed per second.  With respect to the two pumps that we have operational, that’s approximately two point two five cubic meters per second which is equivalent to about four hundred and ninety-five gallons per second, in terms of two pumps operational.  So that is sufficient for us to bring down the level of that canal in a very expedited manner based on the capacity of those pumps.”