Grundfos supplies borehole pump to GEOMETRY project

Newcastle, UK – Grundfos has provided a SQE constant pressure pack - borehole pump to help Newcastle University’s School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences in constructing a borehole array. The work is for a project named GEOMETRY (Groundwater Engineering, Operation, Monitoring, Evaluation and Testing Laborato(RY).

According to Grundfos, the array will be used as a practical teaching tool for the University’s Applied Hydrogeology MSc course. Six boreholes have been drilled to a depth of 50m, and have been arranged in a cruciform pattern with each borehole set at a different distance from the central pumping well. The boreholes will be used to study borehole and aquifer hydraulic behaviour and monitor the local groundwater environment.

The Grundfos SQE submersible pump features integrated dry running protection and its SQE constant water pressure system is designed to be adjusted at the touch of a button, easy to install and virtually maintenance free.

Rick Brassington, visiting professor of hydrogeology approached Grundfos as he had used its submersible pumps when principal hydrogeologist at North West Water in the early 1980’s. A second reason, he said was that “the SQ pump has the inbuilt self protection capability that means it is likely to withstand the onslaught from students pumping at different rates, which could potentially burn out less robust motors.”