Sewers for Adoption
Adoptable pumping station control panels
Kiosk-mounted panels built to Sewers for Adoption and each authority's own amendments, ready for handover.
Priced per project · 3 to 5 weeks with kiosk
Three authorities
United Utilities, Anglian Water and Severn Trent specifications on file. Others on request.
Kiosk supplied
Single or double door GRP kiosk, fitted and wired.
Handover documentation
Drawings, test certificate, DoC and O&M information.
Shorter lead times
Standardised builds mean weeks, not months.
An adoptable pumping station panel has to satisfy the water company that will own it, not just the developer who pays for it. We build to Sewers for Adoption, the Design and Construction Guidance that replaced it, and the specific amendments and deletions of United Utilities, Anglian Water and Severn Trent, and we supply the documentation the authority's engineer will ask for at handover.
Who we work with
- Housing developers
- Civils and groundworks contractors
- Pump station packagers
- Consulting engineers
- Water company frameworks
What the authorities ask for
Each water company publishes its own variations: kiosk type and colour, telemetry outstation, hours run and ammeters, generator inlet, ultrasonic level control, specific labelling and drawing conventions. We keep these specifications on file and build to the current version. If you send us the adoption agreement or the authority's technical requirements we will confirm compliance before we quote.
What we supply
- Kiosk-mounted control panel to the authority's specification, GRP kiosk supplied and fitted.
- Telemetry outstation wiring and volt-free signals to the authority's schedule.
- Level control by ultrasonic or radar head with float backup, as required.
- Generator inlet, heater, light and socket.
- Wiring diagrams, test certificate, declaration of conformity and O&M information for the handover pack.
Our adoptable sector lead
Our adoptable sector lead has more than 20 years in the industry. They check each panel against the relevant specification and advise clients on what the authority will and will not accept.
Specification
| Compliance | Sewers for Adoption 7th/8th edition and Design and Construction Guidance; authority amendments and deletions |
|---|---|
| Authorities | United Utilities, Anglian Water, Severn Trent; others on request |
| Pumps | Typically 2, DOL or star/delta |
| Level control | Ultrasonic or radar with float backup, or floats |
| Telemetry | Outstation wiring and volt-free signals per authority schedule |
| Enclosure | GRP kiosk, single or double door, with panel inside |
| Documentation | Wiring diagrams, test certificate, declaration of conformity, O&M |
| Built to | BS EN 61439 and BS EN 60204-1 |
Every panel ships with its wiring diagram, a test certificate and a 12-month warranty.
Price and lead time
Priced per project against the authority's specification. Send the adoption requirements and pump details for a quotation.
Typically 3 to 5 weeks including kiosk, depending on the authority's requirements.
Frequently asked questions
Jobs we have done with this range
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Pump service contractor, West Sussex
Three Telemetrix panels for West Sussex County Council's landfill pumping stations
The contractor look after the pumping infrastructure at West Sussex County Council's landfill sites under a long-term asset management contract. They fitted three wastewater high-level Telemetrix panels so the council gets live status and alerts, and maintenance can be preventative rather than reactive.
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Pump specialist, Oxfordshire
A star/delta Telemetrix panel, turned round quickly for an Oxford campus
A pumping station on a university campus in Oxford needed its control panel replaced, along with the pump and the float switches. The pump specialist specified a bespoke star/delta Telemetrix panel with remote monitoring, and the whole job, panel, floats and a new 6kW Sulzer pump, was done in a morning.
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Pumping station specialist, South East
Telemetrix as standard across a pump service contractor's stations
The contractor refurbishes and maintains pumping stations across the South East, and now fit Telemetrix as a matter of course: three side by side at one site, four in a single week at others, six and counting. They install them and then monitor them for their clients.
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Request a quote for Adoptable panels
Tell us the pumps or points, the supply, the site and anything the panel must comply with. Attach a spec or drawing if you have one.
“The detail, and thought that goes into making these installer and end user friendly is second to none. The best control panels we've seen, let alone had the pleasure of using. Great products.”
- Wiring diagram, test certificate and 12-month warranty with every panel
- Built to BS EN 61439 and BS EN 60204-1 in Stoke-on-Trent
- We reply during working hours, usually the same working day
Got a project, or just need a quick answer?
Tell us what the panel has to do and we will come back with a price and a lead time. Existing accounts: reorders and spares go through the same form.