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The other wing of the building houses pumps that deliver fresh water from the clean reservoir to towers across Springfield. Diesel back-up pumps ensure that the water supply will operate even during power outages.

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 Last updated on 10-01-2007

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Fulbright Pump Station

 

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Fulbright Pump Station in northwestern Springfield supplies roughly one third of the city's water supply.
The Springfield Water Company began operations at this facility in the early 1900's, but the classical building that houses the pump station today was completed in 1940.
The filtration room is expansive and capable of processing up to 24 million gallons of water per day. The Blackman treatment facility in eastern Springfield is capable of delivering 32 million gallons of water to the city every day.
Filtration tanks are backflushed every 60 hours with clean water to extract the filtrate. The process take about 45 minutes, and the water used is either cycled back through the processing plant or piped to a holding facility in a nearby quarry.
It all begins at Fulbright Spring (behind the fence at the bottom of the limestone outcrop). The spring used to operatea grist mill on this site. Today, it is captured for city water use. Dye traces indicate a subterranean connection with Valley Water Mill
The floculate falls to the bottom and clean, unfiltered water spills over the top.
Fresh water from the spring is pumped to the rapid mixer, where carbon, polymers, and chlorine are added to the water. Carbon is used for its cleansing and filtering properties, polymers promote the floculation of organics and particulates, and chlorineis
Water is then pumped to floculation tanks. Underground reservoirs (below the sod in this photo) house some of the "mixed" water.Photo 1 of 3 in this panorama.
Photo 2 of 3 in panorama.
Photo 3 of 3 in panorama.
Sixteen feet deep, these million gallon tanks serve as reservoirs for floculation.Large agitators spin to help promote floculation.
Air in the pipeline between McDaniel Lake and the water treatment facility gives the water in this photo an extra scummy appearance on this day.
These large agitators stir the water to accelerate the floculation promoted by the polymers. This tank wa
Water is diverted to the filtration system, housed in one wing of the main building.
 
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