St Germans Pumping Station Is Sika Watertight Sika Watertight Concrete has been used on the new land drainage and flood risk management pumping station, St Germans. Sika Watertight Concrete is being used to build the floor slab that separates the wet volutes from the dry plant rooms in the pump hall at the new GBP38 million St Germans pumping station, currently being constructed by Main Contractor, Costain at Wiggenhall St Germans in Norfolk. The station, the UKs largest, spans the middle level main drain, pumping land drainage and floodwaters into the tidal River Great Ouse. The new pumping station replaces the 75 year old existing facility which provides flood protection to over 24,000 residential properties and 70,000 hectares of agricultural land with a total value to the nation of GBP3.6 billion. Rising tidal levels coupled with the effects of climate change, plus the old facility coming to the end of its serviceable life, meant that a new pumping station with a higher capaci...
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