When we’re talking about plumbing, the first rule, of course, is that water drains down. This means that the outlet of your drain will be lower than the inlet, due to gravity. However, what happens when the layout, design, or existing conditions of the facility don’t allow for that? The answer is often a lift station. A lift station does as its name suggests: lifts whatever comes into it and conveys it away. Usually that’s waste…sanitary, process, or otherwise. In the latest issue of Hixson’s From Experience newsletter, we look at the key reasons lift stations are necessary, along with the criteria used when designing lift stations. Read it today!