Jmellc
Well-known member
I’m sure some of you can answer this.
I came into wastewater management late in life so I will never be a total master of it. But common sense tells me some guys at work over complicate this particular issue.
We pick up 300 gallon totes several times a day & bring them to our station. We pump the totes to Tank A, then a tanker comes end of week to empty it & truck it away.
Tank B is our backup. If A gets full, we divert to B. Simple enough, right? But a couple of our guys think we have to equalize A & B before pumping to B. I think this is a waste of time & creates unnecessary head pressure. Head pressure can already be an issue in colder weather too, so why create it? The guys in favor can’t really state their case in plain English. They talk in circles & never say the same thing twice.
Am I missing something here? Is there some good reason to equalize the tanks? I like to keep things as simple as possible. Our bosses are equally divided too, so no firm policy in effect.
I came into wastewater management late in life so I will never be a total master of it. But common sense tells me some guys at work over complicate this particular issue.
We pick up 300 gallon totes several times a day & bring them to our station. We pump the totes to Tank A, then a tanker comes end of week to empty it & truck it away.
Tank B is our backup. If A gets full, we divert to B. Simple enough, right? But a couple of our guys think we have to equalize A & B before pumping to B. I think this is a waste of time & creates unnecessary head pressure. Head pressure can already be an issue in colder weather too, so why create it? The guys in favor can’t really state their case in plain English. They talk in circles & never say the same thing twice.
Am I missing something here? Is there some good reason to equalize the tanks? I like to keep things as simple as possible. Our bosses are equally divided too, so no firm policy in effect.
