Abstract
This article describes how twin floating pump stations were developed for pumping water out of the In Town Lakes to be used for the emergency raw water needs of Chesapeake, Virginia. This was the first project of its kind on this scale east of the Mississippi River, as well as the first to involve the additional complications of wetlands, hurricane wind loads, intra‐lake recirculation, and muddy soils. The stations are 40 ft. by 40 ft. galvanized steel platforms, or barges, decked with lightweight concrete panels and placed on polyethylene encapsulated floats. Each station is equipped with two vertical turbine pumps with space for two additional pumps in the future. Operational procedures are discussed, along with construction advantages, water construction challenges, and hurricane preparedness.
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