New Pump

A new booster pump has been installed giving the irrigation system an important upgrade. The old pump was nearly 20 years old and on its last legs. Attempts to repair the pump to get through the season were met with unavailable parts, meaning if the pump was to fail we would be out of luck and with inadequate water available.

Old Booster Pump

The irrigation pump is the heart of the golf course water system, providing the necessary water to much of the golf course. Without the pump, keeping the course green and alive becomes a impossible. It is likely that a lot of our managed turf would stress, becoming brown and dead. The pump is an often overlooked feature of the golf course, when it breaks down everybody can see the results.

New Booster Pump

The new booster pump is state of the art, with computer controls that give us more flexibility to manage the watering schedule. The new pump is more efficient than the old one, and at the same time can output more water. The biggest advancement the new pump has over the old pump is a feature called Variable Frequency Drive(VFD). The old pump is comparable to a light switch, it has two modes On and Off. The new pump is akin to a dimmer switch, there is a sliding scale between On and Off. The pump automatically adjusts its power level and water out to meet demand most efficiently. VFD is a major factor in the reduction of electric costs surrounding the pump station.

New Booster pump internals