One of the largest global energy exploration companies faced the challenge of drawing source water among the steep slopes of Northern Pennsylvania. The water had to be drawn from a 30-feet deep wet well beside a creek and then pumped 300-feet vertically out of a ravine into the impoundment pond.

Xylem was tasked with designing a seep collection system to collect water from a low volume seep through the wall of a decommissioned fly ash pond. The sump was located in an active river floodplain that flooded with as little as 1-2 inches of rain, so the customer needed an automatic shutdown when the river covered the sump.

Xylem built a coal ash disposal solution that met regulatory requirements while controlling labor and fuel costs.