Lift stations are a key link in the wastewater collections chain. They can also be maintenance-intensive. That’s especially true since the proliferation of consumer wipes products that, when flushed, can collect in lift stations and clog submersible pumps.

Now Kansas-based C&B Equipment offers a different concept in lift station pumping. Called the DIP System (for direct inline pumping), the technology has been deployed in numerous wastewater systems in Europe, but is new...