Replies

John,

Not likely. The Alaska pipeline system as originally designed was with 12 pumping stations. Stations 7 and 11 were just wide spots that never had pumping facilities.It has been idled back now to only 4 stations doing the bulk of the work.

Anyway, the pumps are old GE or Rolls-Royce Turbines that are no longer safely rated for flight, but fine for old work horses. They crank out at at 3,300rpm, bout 13,000 H.P. and couple right up to the pumps. If it works for crude oil, I'm sure they have something that can pump crud like the LA unsanitary sludge.

I'd be on the phone to GE Tuesday morning, or better yet, if Jack Welch(sp?) were available to help (former GE CEO). Then use information that they could give me to send a workable solution (probably by barge) to crisis site. Freeper named _Jim here would be excellent adition to the team if he were to want to go. There are others here in the thread that have some good ideas also. Unless they want me to be more than an armchair general at the keyboard, that is about all I can contribute to this thread.