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Transition of Lake Michigan Water Supply Complete with Addition of 52 Foot Long Prefabricated Booster Pump Station

With Homewood, Illinois changing their Lake Michigan water supplier, a new pump station was needed to accommodate the added travel. The result was the largest prefabricated housed system we’ve ever built, completed at our facility and transported to the jobsite. The “upper-level” house connected seamlessly with the below-grade pipe gallery, also Metropolitan-built, to enable an easy startup.

Booster System Control Upgrade in Central New York Expands MetroCloud Expertise to the Northeast

When the town of Schaghticoke, New York was ready to upgrade control communications of their triplex booster system, Emmons Metro was brought in to integrate the MetroCloud SCADA platform. As the Northeast extension of Metropolitan Industries, Emmons Metro is equipped to provide and support cloud-connected control upgrades to water and wastewater systems throughout the region.

Metropolitan Industries Custom Designs & Builds Domestic Booster System with Added Surge Tanks

Our production facility is bustling with new and ongoing projects that involve fabrication, assembling, programming, and testing. With these in-house capabilities, such custom designs and assembling often make for “just another day” at Metropolitan.

Lessons Learned from Unprecedented Building Water Demand Swings

Managing the water infrastructure within a high rise building or campus community can be challenging enough during normal times. In the pandemic’s early days, unpresented changes to building occupancy and water use posed many unexpected consequences. The lessons learned since can help avoid a repeat of such consequences the next time a major disruption takes place.

Aging Wastewater Collections System Gets A Lift with MetroCloud SCADA

Upgrading a city’s or town’s water-based system controls to the cloud may seem like a huge endeavor. Metropolitan helps ease the transition, as was the case for the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District. A single upgrade to our cloud-ready lift station controller provided the opportunity to experience the full benefits of cloud SCADA before committing to subsequent upgrades over the next year.

Campus Water Movement Solutions for Multi-Building Infrastructures of All Sizes

Water movement covers everything from a small sump pump in the basement of a single-family home to a comprehensive municipal utility system. From the design and use standpoint, the utility infrastructure on these campuses operates much like a small town or village. And, just like municipal systems, large campuses require engineering and installation expertise to [...]

Booster Pump Skid Upgrade Improves Domestic & High Flow Capabilities to Upstate New York’s ‘Glove Cities’

October 1, 2021 By Martin Hawrysko & Susan Gnirk Emmons Metro LLC Within the sparsely populated area of the Mohawk Valley in Upstate New York are Gloversville and Johnstown. The two communities have historically been closely connected by location, resources and industry since the 1700’s. By the early 20th century, the area had become the [...]

FRP Lift Station Eases Problematic Roadblock, to Provide Decades of Durability

New underpass located at 45th St and Calumet Ave. Lift Station Generator and Control Building can be seen upper right. August 16, 2021 By Martin Hawrysko, Metropolitan Industries, Inc. Efficient and reliable transportation infrastructure is more than about moving people, goods, and services from one point to another. Well-maintained roads and highways that are accessible [...]