Sewage Pump Differences
Residential sewage grinder pump systems take the wastewater from your home, grind up any solids that could clog your pipes, and pump the slurry to another location.
Sewage ejector pumps are usually located in the basement or lower floor of a home and will pump the wastewater slurry from a basement to the house’s gravity sewer lines or to a grinder pump station that will then send transport your wastewater away from your home. This allows for water usage in a below ground location that would not be able to be served by gravity sewer lines.
Some sewer grinder pump stations serve the whole house or even several houses, condos, or duplexes and are part of a low pressure sewer system where several sewage grinder pumps are connected to the same low pressure pipes before connecting to a gravity sewer main or directly to a treatment facility.
These pumps go by many names, but they generally are used to accomplish the same thing: grinding up wastewater and transporting it to a different location. Some of the different names that people use include:
- Sewer pumps
- Residential sewer pumps
- Sewer ejector pumps
- Sewage ejector pumps
- Grinder pumps
- Sewer grinder pumps
- Pressure sewage pumps
- Pressure sewer pumps
- Low pressure sewage pumps
- Sewer sump pumps
- Sewer lift pumps
Some of the common manufacturer’s of sewage grinder pumps include:
- Environment One (E/One)
- Liberty
- Zoeller
- Goulds
- Franklin
- Myers
- Barnes
- Little Giant
Covalen represents Environment One (E/One) the inventor of the sewage grinder pump and manufacturer of the top grinder pump on the market. E/One grinder pumps have an average time between service calls of eight to ten years and can easily last 15-20 years. They are built to be repaired and will save you money over the lifetime of your pump.
No matter your use case, Covalen can help you with repairing or replacing your sewage grinder pump.
Need to have your sewage grinder pump inspected, repaired or replaced? Call the Covalen Service Center at 877-770-8277.