When Monroe County, New York, which serves both a large residential population and the nearby campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology, needed to upgrade one of its lift stations, they faced a number of challenges. An extremely varied flow, ranging from 1.5 mgd in the off-season up to a peak of 12 mgd, required a bypass system with a high degree of adaptability. At the same time, this lift station bypass was located in a dense residential area, so noise control was critical.
