College Pump Station

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The College Pumping Station, on Webster Street near College Place, receives wastewater from the area around Defiance College. The wet well/dry well pumping station was built in 1964 and contains two wastewater pumps. Design capacity is 0.29 mgd. Wastewater is pumped into a 6‑inch force main which discharges into the 15‑inch sewer in College Place and is part of the Regulator NE‑1 tributary area. Regulator NE‑1 diverts flow to the Northeast Interceptor Sewer.

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