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Backup Pumps Give Real Fire Protection There is an option for emergency water that can add huge volumes of available water at a much lower cost than water towers and hydro tanks. Consider a diesel powered pump, gas powered pump, or an emergency generator for the existing electric pumps. This will not only be much less expensive than a large pressure tank or water tower, but can give you access to millions of gallons of water directly from the reservoir or aquifer. Compare this to only 1,500 gallons of usable water available from a 10,000 gallon pressure tank, or even a couple hundred thousand gallons available from a water tower. Being able to access the water stored in your main reservoir or aquifer during a power out condition, can make the difference between real fire protection and a false sense of security. A backup pump running on an alternative fuel source will also give long term emergency water when things like an ice storm shut down electric grids for days, weeks, or even longer periods of time. A backup generator can keep your regular pump system running during a power outage. A diesel or gas powered pump, controlled with a Cycle Stop Valve can be started up automatically when there is a loss of electric power or from a low system pressure. A large pump can supply water for fire protection and controlled with a Cycle Stop Valve can just as easily supply very small amounts of water for domestic use. A $25,000.00 fire pump can be a more reliable and longer term solution to fire protection than a $250,000.00 water tower. The difference in price means you could have 10 redundant fire pump systems located in different quadrants of a city for the same money as a single water tower. Using 10 different ground storage tanks to supply the 10 fire pumps in different locations, even with an earthquake splitting a city in half water would still be available from these different locations. With constant pressure control for pump systems, water towers and hydro tanks are no longer needed to reduce pump cycling. (see Constant Pressure Valves, and What Are Cycle Stop Valves) Now there are better ways of fire protection as well which should lead to water towers and hydro tanks becoming obsolete. |
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