Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program (SRSSP)

(Demeshle – Alqam – Abu Al-Khawy) Sewage Pumping Stations

The valves shall have renewable joint faces, large removable cover plated to facilitate inspection
and withdrawal of flaps, and ample pockets below the flaps into which may fall any solid matters
which might otherwise prevent the flaps from closing.

The flaps shall seat at a suitable angle to the axis of the pipe and stops shall be provided to permit
the valves to open to an angle of 30o with the axis of the pipe. Bronze drain plugs shall be fitted.
The hinge pens shall be of stainless steel and shall be extended on packed glands of adequate size
and shall be extended on one side of the valve through gunmetal bushed packed glands of adequate
size and fitted with mild steel external lever. Flaps shall be positively secured to the spindles by
means of keys, splints or pins.

2.3 Water Hammering

Tenderers should check the hammer effect for pumping station, and if found necessary they shall
submit a detailed study showing the need for a water hammer protection system including the
recommended solution to reduce the hammering effect to safe limits. The Contractor shall be solely
responsible for the suitability of the proposed system and shall supply and install all equipment and
requirements of the system to protect the pumping station and the force main against water hummer
effects due shutdown of one or several units or due to any other reason. Submitted calculations and
equipment technical specifications shall be approved by the consultant before supply and erection.

2.4 PUMP CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM

Scope of Work:
The pump station control and monitoring system should be designed in complete coordination with
all pump station equipment. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to guarantee that all the pump
station equipment especially motor starters, MCCs, switchboards, flow meter, actuated valves, etc
shall efficiently receive the proposed control system and full interacting with it.
The contractor scope of work under this item should cover, but not limited to, the following:
1. Preparation of the system engineering documents including design, P&I drawing,
specifications, list of materials and catalogues.
2. Supply of all materials.
3. System assembly in the site.
4. Preparation of the application programming software for the Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLCs).
5. Commissioning and start-up.
6. Preparation of as-built soft copy of engineering documents and gets consultant approval.
7. On-site training to the plant operators.

System Description:
1. The required system shall be used to control and monitor the operation of the pump station
equipment.
2. The control system shall be a PLC based control system.
3. The system should be so designed to have the highest possible reliability and minimize the
system failure in order to achieve safe and satisfactory start up and shut downs, continuous
and accurate operation with minimum maintenance.
4. The system should be provided with an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

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5. The pump station should be provided with a control system to automatically start, stop and
alternate the priority of pumps starting to keep a balanced number of operating hours
between all in duty pumps.
6. Controlling the levels for pumps start and stop shall be made by Ultrasonic level
transmitter. In addition, an adjustable emergency high-level audible alarm with reset button
shall be provided.
7. In case of over load in any pump the other pump shall be operated automatically.
8. All pumps should be shut down as dry run protection by level switches in the pump station
sump.
9. The automatic operation of pumps shall be achieved according to the level in the sump by
an ultrasonic level meters these useful data which have to be taken into consideration by
the contractor.
10. The PLC will perform the sequence of operation of the pumps and the relevant
interlocks according to the level measured by the level transmitters. Level switches
shall be used for safety interlocks.
11. The PLC panel should be built of high quality sheet steel of thickness not less than 2 m²,
anti-corrosion and providing a degree of protection IP54 and sections fully protected and
finished to a high standard
12. Level electrode shall be displayed status (HIHI-HI-LO-LOLO) on control panel
13. The main signal of the transmitters shall be 4-20mA .
14. The used number of I/Os must not exceed 75% of the maximum capacity of the CPU.
15. The PLC will perform the sequence of operation of the pumps and the relevant interlocks
according to the level measured by the level transmitters. Level switches shall be used for
safety interlocks.

Control and monitoring of Pump station:

a) Control
- All pumps should be start/stop automatically by Control System of the pump station
- All pumps should be shut down as dry run protection by level switches in the pump
station sump.
- Control level shall be selected by selector switch installed on the MCC.
- Pump operation system must be prepared to achieve Manual or Automatic
operation using selector switch Manual/Automatic.
b) Monitoring
- On, Off, Fault status of all pumps should be indicated in MCC.
- On, Off, Fault, Remote status of all pumps should be indicated in Control and Monitoring
software of the plant.
- Water level indicator in the sump.

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2.5 MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATIONS

2.5.1 Ultrasonic flow measurement:

The pumping station shall be provided with an Ultrasonic, single Channel, and Clamp-on Flow
Meter with the following general specifications. The meter’s transducers shall be installed on the
main header, and the meter shall be suitably and secured fixed in the station operating room. The
Contractor must give high attention to the fact that the transducers may be installed near to valves
or other pipe fittings; therefore, adjustment and correction factors should be accurately imposed to
insure correct readings. The Contractor shall supply all accessories and adequate lengths of power
and control cables required for proper installation of the meter.

The flow meter shall be of the clamp–on design to preclude the requirement of penetrating into the
pipe. The system shall be capable of providing two simultaneous flow measurements independent
of liquid, pipe diameter and flow rate. In addition, the flow meter shall be microprocessor based
utilizing the Transit–Time flow measuring technique employing the Multi– Pulse principle in
conjunction with transmission Wide Beam transducer technology.

The flow meter shall provide liquid sonic velocity variation compensation and live zero flow
measurement. The flow meter shall have the ability to indicate flow rate, flow velocity, total flow,
signal strength, and liquid sonic velocity. In addition, the flow meter shall provide self and
application diagnostics to isolate any fault conditions to either equipment failure or abnormal
process conditions.

The flow meter shall be of not less than (IP67) enclosure and the electronics shall be housed
in an enclosure of (IP66) and powered by 220V AC, 50 Hz. The flow meter shall have an
accuracy of + 1 to 2% of flow over a 12 m/s flow velocity range. Repeatability shall be 0.5
% of flow sensitivity of 0.3 m/s at any flow rate including no flow conditions. The system
shall also include flow – totalizer with five digits (99999)

2.5.2 Ultrasonic level transmitter

The pumping station shall be provided with an ultrasonic level transmitter in order to control
automatic pump operation. The level transmitters shall be electronic type, complete with power
supply unit for appropriate operation of pumps. It shall have a maximum fault accuracy of 0.5 %.
The level transmitter shall be of the differential pressure type having a forged steel body, and
stainless steel rupture proof and of IP 68.
It shall have temperature compensation and self-venting construction.
The torque element shall actuate on electronic 4 - 20 ma. Transmitter.

2.5.3 Level Electrodes

Submersible pumps shall be protected against dry running when operating below minimum
recommended water levels inside the sump by means of level electrodes which shall be mounted
in an insulating high impact phenolic molding, impervious to corrosion and having separate fixing
for the flange mounted base and for the cover.

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The base shall have 20 mm screwed conduit entry and be suitable for accommodating the
electrodes and incorporate provision for adjusting the electrode length. A sealing gasket shall be
fitted between the base and cap end, the whole head shall be sealed to prevent the increase of water
after installation. The electrode shall be of stainless steel tubes sealed at one end and cut to suit the
specified length.
All electrode circuits and components shall comply with B.S. 5345 and the PASEFA requirements
or equivalent. The system shall be operated by the circulation of an A.C. current when the circuit
is completed by the liquid coming into contact with the electrodes. This current is operating a relay
to initiate the events described before.

2.6 SPECIFICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL WORKS

2.6.1 Electric Power Source

The electric power required for operation of the submersible pump station shall be received from
two 11 KV/0.38 KV transformers. The ring main unit shall be (2+1). The transformer and ring
main unit shall be supplied and installed by the contractor under the directions and direct
supervision of the Local Electricity Distribution Company or Rural Electricity Authority REA.
380/220volts, therefore two step-down transformer with rating as per single line diagram with
11KV primary voltage and 380/220 volts on the secondary side shall be installed to service the
pumping station.
One of the two transformers shall be capable to feed the station while the other one shall be stand
by. In order to cover the pumping station requirements of power at emergency conditions one diesel
generating unit as per single line diagram and electrical documents shall be installed.

2.6.2 Low Tension Switchgear

General:

All equipment shall be designed to withstand desert climate and ambient conditions of high
temperatures and corrosive action. The following are the climatic conditions prevailing at site:

 Ambient temperature 45o C

 Absolute humidity 80 %

The contractors are requested to take these conditions into consideration when choosing the
materials for their equipment (suitable selection, deration of components/equipment, tropical
conditions).

Specifications of L.T. Switchgear:

A. Low-tension switchboards specification shall be in compliance with standard

IEC 60439-1,
B. Construction : Form 4b separation, consist of bolted panels each panel constructed from
totally welded steel sheets with thickness not less than 2mm, floor mounted. It shall be

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