Irrigation Pump Station Design

The Last Word In Pump Station Design

We’ve been ahead of the curve for several decades now. We were one of the first irrigation pump station design companies to use dedicated HDPE intake lines and per-motor VFDs in all of our pump stations. And as far as we know, we're still the only company to design complete irrigation systems for Florida's climate as standard: From ensuring every component is correctly rated to do the job required, to the right surge-suppression, advanced filtration, weather-proof enclosures, pest-proofing measures and more.

But we’re not here to sell you gimmicks or special features. We're here because our design philosophy always delivers – and we want to share it with Florida-based businesses. 

When it comes to pump station design, we believe that the specifics have a tremendous impact on the real-world performance of your pump station. The best pump stations are designed by organizations that strive for continuous improvement: Organizations with the in-house experience needed to properly understand the environmental, economic or practical factors you’re dealing with – and make good use of emergent technologies to deliver the efficiencies your project needs.

With over four decades of hands-on experience, we’ve developed an approach that eliminates common weak spots, and allows us to design around the problems that plague other people's designs.

Case in point: We always go direct into the lake source whenever we can. We know that the turbine systems that use a wet well to pull water into a bore have the potential to add a lot of cost and complexity to  a project, for very little upside. 

We’ve also learned to rely on disc filtration instead of the inadequate screen filtration used by most irrigation pump station designers because screen filters allow too much debris into your irrigation field – again, setting the stage for relentless maintenance and repair work.

Then there’s the way we anticipate fluctuations in your local water table, and design intake lines that’ll continue to deliver during a prolonged dry spell. It’s a process of continual optimization, and choosing Hoover is the only way of accessing that wealth of experience.

Pump Stations Designed For Florida

Our systems never get replaced because they’re not good enough – or can’t keep up with demand.

We never hear anyone say they’re struggling with reliability issues because of the quality of a pump station we designed; we’re also confident that people aren’t forced to upgrade our systems because they’re not well optimized for the real-world conditions our clients experience.

But we know we’re unusual in this regard, because we’re often called in to replace other people’s systems because they can’t cope with the constant variation in irrigation needs across any given landscape - and the dynamic nature of our local climate.

To be clear, designing for Florida is challenging. The weather is unpredictable at best, water tables are prone to constant variability and water quality can be hugely variable too. That’s why we always aim to design systems that can adapt to varying conditions, and cope with:

• Water quality variability
• Water table fluctuations
• Constantly changing field conditions
• Rapidly changing demand

The components we use are chosen according to the specifics of your local microclimate and environment, focusing, for the most part, on ensuring the highest levels of protection from humidity, extreme heat and lightning damage.

There may be other systems that offer similar degrees of protection, but we’ve found that most manufacturers focus on designing for a global market. They do not consider the specific needs of businesses or developments here in Florida.

So if you want to work with designers that understand the realities of the situation, we’d encourage you to get in touch today. We’re always on hand to talk about irrigation projects, and it’s worth noting that we’re not just pump station designers either.

A fully-fledged irrigation pump station design company, we also offer in-house pump station installation services and regular maintenance packages for Florida businesses that want to protect their irrigation investment. There aren’t many things that cost as much as a best-in-class pump station, and we think it makes sense to ensure that the beating heart of your irrigation system is both well built and well looked after.