Pump Stations

Flood Control

American Cities everywhere are faced with aging infrastructure such as streets and the storm watersystem which includes pump stations, flood warning gates and sump systems. It is also part of thechallenges Dallas is facing but working each day to solve.

The 2006 Bond Program, Proposition 2 provides funding for the design and construction of FloodProtection and Storm Drainage Facility projects. Currently, Dallas has six pump stations in thedowntown Dallas area: Able, Baker, Charlie, Delta, Hampton, and Pavaho; and the function of thesestations is to pump the water that fills into the sumps on the dry side of the Dallas Levee Systemfrom storm drains and rain water into the Dallas Floodway. A seventh pump is planned for the futurenear the West Levee past Hampton Road in the downtown area. There is an additional pump stationthat serves the Rochester Levee located by William Blair Park.

Interior DrainagePump Stations Update

Able Pump Station

Able Pump Station is two stations serving the Central Business District Community. Small Able wasoriginally built in 1932 and Large Able was built in 1954. Together they pump storm water at

220,000 Gallons Per Minute (GPM).

Baker Pump Station

Baker Pump Station consists of Old Baker built in 1932 and New Baker built in 1975 it serves theDesign District and Stemmons Corridor with current capacity of 600,000 GPM. The new pumpstation will accommodate approximately 700,000 GPM, bringing the total pumping capacity to1,100,000 GPM. Construction began October 2012 for Baker Pump Station (3).

Charlie Pump Station

Charlie Pump Station built in early 1932 serves the area around the Bottom Community with apumping capacity of 80,000 Gallons Per Minute (GPM). The new capacity for this station willaccommodate approximately 225,000 GPM.

Delta Pump Station

Delta Pump Station built in early 1932 serves the West Dallas Community near Hampton AvenueBridge with a pumping capacity of 80,000 Gallons Per Minute (GPM).

Hampton Pump Station

Hampton Pump Station is two stations with Old Hampton built in 1955 and New Hampton built in1975. It serves the North West Dallas Community with a current capacity of 600,000 Gallons PerMinute (GPM). The new pump station will accommodate approximately 700,000 GPM and in thiscase, the combined pumping capacity will equate to 1,100,000 GPM.

Pavaho Pump Station

Pavaho Pump Station which supports the storm drains along Canada Drive in West Dallas wasconstructed in the 1950s.

The original Pavaho Pump Station pumps at a capacity of 80,000 gallons of water per minute out ofthe sumps which fill with storm water during rain events. The new, high capacity $27 million PavahoPump Station will pump 375,000 gallons of water per minute.

The new pumping station alongside the original structure will provide outstanding reliability andlower maintenance which positively impacts the efficiency and cost of operating the station. Threehigh efficiency corrosion-resistant Concrete Volute pumps will generate an increase in power. Thesethree pumps, when installed, will be the first of their type in use in America. The new station'spumps will be quiet delivering important elevated pumping capacity for neighborhoods and businessdistricts in West Dallas. The funding for this project was approved in the 2006 Bond Program. Cityengineers worked with Jacobs Consultants and the station is being built by BAR Constructors, Inc.

Pavaho Fact Sheet

Rochester Pump Station

Rochester Pump Station built in 1992 servers the Rochester Levee and the Central WastewaterTreatment Plant. It has a pumping capacity of 85,000 Gallons Per Minute (GPM).