Cleaning of raw water air-lift pump

Remove the hoses for air supply from the air-lift pump nozzles carefully

1. Remove the hoses for air supply from the air-lift pump nozzles carefully. Take off the hoses in a parallel way with the axis of nozzles – do not move with them side to side!

Unfix the hose for raw water pumping from the hanger on the WWTP wall

2. Unfix the hose for raw water pumping from the hanger on the WWTP wall.

Take out the raw water air-lift pump from the filter of coarse impurities

3. Take out the raw water air-lift pump from the filter of coarse impurities.

Put in the air-lift pump cleaner

4. Put in the air-lift pump cleaner (the plastic stick for cleaning of air-lift pumps, which is fixed on the wall inside the WWTP)

Move with the plastic stick in the air-lift pump to make the pump straight-way

5. Move with the plastic stick in the air-lift pump to make the pump straight-way.

Rinse the air-lift pump with a stream of pure water

6. Rinse the air-lift pump with a stream of pure water.

Put back the air-lift pump into the filter of coarse impurities

7. Put back the air-lift pump into the filter of coarse impurities and fix it into the hangers, so that the air-lift pump fit into the hanger exactly in the place between the two welded plastic rings. Finally, put on the air hoses onto the air-lift pump nozzles and, at the same time, fix the raw water hose into the hanger to direct this hose into the activation.

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