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Lift Station Maintenance: How To Prevent Odors, FOG & Backups
A 240-unit senior living community was getting weekly odor complaints from residents living near the lift station, and the maintenance team was paying for emergency vacuum trucks every other month.
The Challenge
What we walked into
Fats, oils, and grease from the kitchen were hardening on the wet-well walls and float switches. Hydrogen sulfide buildup was producing the rotten-egg smell drifting toward the courtyard, and the floats were sticking often enough that backups were a constant risk.
The Solution
How Luften approached it
Luften installed an automated bioaugmentation dosing system that injects FOG-digesting microbes upstream of the lift station 24/7. We paired it with a quarterly vapor-phase odor neutralizer service and a written FOG-control plan for the kitchen staff.
The Results
What changed
Odor complaints stopped within three weeks. Emergency vacuum truck calls went from six per year to zero, saving the community roughly $11,000 annually. Float switches have stayed clean through 18 months of monitoring.
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