Airfield Sewage Systems

Hi,
Can anyone enlighten me on how airfield sewage systems worked please?

Specifically, how did 'everything' get from A-B?, was it purely gravity though the small pipes we all come across or were there larger sewers on airfields? Were pumps used anywhere?

Strange area of interest I know but its been niggling me after seeing the layout at a local airfield to me and I'm amazed if gravity alone got everything to its final resting place on the Sewage Site!!

Some info here:
/community/showthread.php?2720-Sewage-sites

Carnaby;67627 wrote:

Some info here:
/community/showthread.php?2720-Sewage-sites

Thanks for the link, I had seen this thread. My interest though (strangely!!) is really connectivity to the Sewage Site itself from around the airfield.

Gravity feed via 6" mains from each dispersed site to the sewage disposal site, with intermediate pumphouses where required.

All the best,
PB

P wrote:

Gravity feed via 6" mains from each dispersed site to the sewage disposal site, with intermediate pumphouses where required.

All the best,
PB

Excellent Paul......precisely the answer I was looking for, thank you so much

I haven't come across any pumphouse remains yet, i will have to go back to the respective Site Plan and see if I can spy some.

Thanks again!

currently c2c maintain all the sewage and drainage on mod sites.

Hal, I had also wondered about this and discussed it in the link (above).

Every effort seems to have been made to avoid the complication of sewage pumping by carefully planning the line and fall of sewer pipes but in some cases the necessary fall could not be obtained without having to dig overly deep ditches and a pump in the line was required.

Some types of sewage lift pumps are referred to as 'ejectors' and the term 'Ejector House' may appear on some site plans. These were operated by compressed air. Ideally, sewage pumps and ejectors were located at the Sewage Farm so that they could be monitored daily and repaired as required.

Hal_Chase;67633 wrote:

I haven't come across any pumphouse remains yet, i will have to go back to the respective Site Plan and see if I can spy some.

The original 1938 sewage pump house and compressed air unit is still in operation at St Athan, will post pics sometime. In fact last year one of the original main pipes fractured, I was the first to notice as there was an usually high number of Ducks sat in the 08 undershoot!
The sewage treatment sites and pump houses do tend to show up on most site plans.

PETERTHEEATER;67700 wrote:

Some types of sewage lift pumps are referred to as 'ejectors' and the term 'Ejector House' may appear on some site plans.

Yes of course, I had overlooked this term. I'm familiar with ejectors in ROC HQ's and RGHQ bunkers etc. and expect the equipment to be the same perhaps in some instances - Thanks

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