Tag: Hydro Gate

Introduction One of the most persistent debates in municipal water and wastewater treatment plant design centers on the selection of isolation and flow control gates. For decades, engineers have grappled with the choice between traditional heavy-duty cast iron sluice gates and modern fabricated stainless steel slide gates. This decision often crystallizes into a comparison of […]

Introduction For municipal and industrial engineers, the failure of a water control gate is rarely a minor operational annoyance; it is a critical vulnerability that can lead to catastrophic flooding, regulatory non-compliance, and significant safety hazards. While pumps often receive the lion’s share of attention in hydraulic modeling, the static and dynamic isolation provided by […]