Run a pump-station FMEA before peak demand

North Ridge Pump Station must maintain summer peak pressure for 9,200 accounts. The generator has a slow fuel leak, and no one has prioritized failure modes before the heat wave. FMEA: function, failure mode, effect, cause, current control, priority action The common shortcut is to label the station critical and jump straight to a replacement request. That skips the specific failure modes that can be detected or controlled this week. Function Define the asset function: maintain Zone 6 pressure during peak demand and during utility power interruption. FMEA begins with function because a failure mode is only meaningful relative to…

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