Parkview Drive Lift Station “B” Back-Up Generator Installation

In July 2020, the Sewer Utility District Commission and Common Council authorized installation of a back-up generator for the City’s sanitary lift station pump.   This lift station is located along Parkview Drive in the Mequon Country Estates Subdivision near Homestead Highschool.  This lift station was originally installed without a generator. A generator is an essential back-up power supply to maintain operation for the Mequon Country Estates sewer service area.  

This generator hut is similar to other generator huts in Mequon that provides an aesthetic enclosure to the generator.  This project improves the operational reliability of the sanitary sewer system in the event of an electrical power failure.  Prior to a generator installation, in the event of a power outage, the City sewer maintenance crew responds with a portable generator to ensure the station continues to operate.  If no generator were to be installed, then a sanitary sewer overflow may result as well as sewer backups into basements.  It is a goal of the utility to provide on-site back-up generators in at all locations where installation is feasible.