Preston Run Pump Station

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The Preston Run Pumping Station, located on Grover Avenue just south of Columbus Avenue, receives wastewater from the Preston Run Interceptor Sewer. The pumping station was constructed as part of the 1988 wastewater improvement program and contains two submersible wastewater pumps with a design capacity of 0.64 mgd and a peak capacity of 1.28 mgd. The wastewater is pumped into a 12inch force main which discharges into the Maumee Drive Interceptor Sewer.

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