New Industrial Pump Station Ensures Reliable Water Service to Refineries

By Melissa Mack, PE, PMP and Brandon Wade, MPA, PE (GCWA)

The Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA) provides raw water to the Texas City Industrial Complex via the Industrial Pump Station (IPS) and two transmission lines originating at the IPS. These two lines cross the industrial complex with branches supplying five major customers—Dow, BP, Valero, Marathon Petroleum Corp and Eastman Chemical Company.

Read more from Melissa Mack and GCWA’s General Manager and CEO Brandon Wade in Pumps & Systems Magazine about how LAN evaluated the condition of the existing pump station and developed rehabilitation alternatives.

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