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English: Water Pumping Station , Malpas Water pumping stations are used
1) Where water (either drinking water or waste water) has to be transported across long distances. 2) Where significant height differences have to be overcome. Sometimes there is a combination of both factors, so the size and therefore the power of the pumps used depends on throughput, height difference and the magnitude of the losses in the relevant network. Pumping stations are an essential part of the water supply system, which explains why this drinking water pumping station in Malpas at the corner of Pillmawr Road and Malpas Road is in a locked, very sturdily built stone structure, protected by a perimeter of railings. It is referred to by Welsh Water technically as an "operating potable water pumping station". Water from the Talybont Reservoir, Brecon Beacons, 50km (30 miles) distant arrives here via the Llantarnam water premises https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1595853 (about 3km distant). It is then pumped to neighbouring parts of Malpas and Graig Park, finally reaching to the top of Brynglas. I acknowledge with thanks information provided by Welsh Water, the owners of the building. I am also grateful for the details provided by a long-time senior resident of the area who can remember the days before the pumping station was operational. At that time (he thinks late 1930s), water in the area was obtained from a well. The houses had no gas or electricity. Nearby Malpas Road, now a busy dual carriageway A road, was at that time little more than a track. Northwards from his family's house there were no houses, only 2 farms, now long gone. He was once shown the inside of the structure during a maintenance visit by water company officials. He was surprised at how few controls there are inside such a large structure. I estimate it is about 7 metres high, and it is a rectangle with sides about 8 metres and 7 metres. Or about 23 feet high, and 26 feet long, 23 feet wide. There are two aerials on the eastern side of the building. They transmit data to the Welsh Water control and monitoring centre. View of the other side of the structure https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1440138 In a small area at the northern tip of the enclosure is a small, probably disused, hydrant https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1440156 |
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| Author | John Grayson |
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