pumping station


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Noun1.pumping station - a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operatedpumping station - a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated
house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"
pump room - a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather
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pumping station

[ˈpʌmpɪŋˌsteɪʃən] N (for water) → estación f de bombeo; (for oil) → estación f de bombeo de crudo
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pumping station

nPumpwerk nt, → Pumpstation f; (on a pipeline) → Förderpumpe f
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References in classic literature ?
To keep it from filling above a certain level we have four great pumping stations that force the oversupply back into the reservoirs far north from which the red men draw the water which irrigates their farm lands."
Constructions of the third Pumping Station to control floods in Colombo were launched by Minister Patalie Champika Ranawka.
KARACHI -- A severe water crisis gripped the city on Monday as power supply was suspended to Dhabeji Pumping Station after heavy rains lashed the area.
The New Slata Pumping Station's capacity will be increased by approximately 62 per cent, allowing around 8,600 cu m per day to be pumped instead of the current 5,300 cu m per day.
A deal for the construction of a pumping station which is expected to solve problems with flooding in Larnaca has been signed by the municipality and the sewerage board.
Last month the public works department auctioned off the contract for the Balut Pumping Station in Tondo, Manila.
A VICTORIAN pumping station dating back to the 1870s which has been restored, has now opened a new restaurant.
A Karachi Water and Sewerage Board statement says that the electricity supply remained disrupted at the Gharo Pumping Station between 11am and 12.15pm and water supply was resumed at around 12.35pm.
Hassan Al Tafaq, Head of the Environment Department at Sharjah Municipality said the pumping station is a modified truck equipped with a quick flow pump so that the truck can be driven directly to areas affected by floods in areas where water level reaches 1.5 metres.
The wastewater flows through this line into an initial sewage collection area and then transferred to the main pumping station in Azaiba, which then pumps the wastewater to Al Ansab STP.
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army forces, heavily assisted by the Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, restored control over the important T2 Oil Pumping Station in the Southwestern part of Deir Ezzur province, field sources said Friday.