Patent ID: 8602687

Claim:
A water drainage pumping station for transferring storm waters accumulated within a system of protective levees into a body of water outside the levee system, wherein the fluid discharged is not impeded by the backflow of water that results when the water level of the outside body is abnormally elevated due to storm surges or other high tide conditions, said pumping station comprising: an intake port collecting waters from a drain system a within the area protected by the levee system, one or more pump(s) for transporting waters from the said intake port to a manifold, including valves for directing the outflow from the pump(s) to selected discharge ports, a first discharge port for discharging into an outside body of water when said body is not experiencing abnormally high water levels, a second bypass discharge port, said second discharge port elevated relative to the first discharge port, for discharging into the outside body of water when said body of water is experiencing abnormally high water levels and producing backflow against the pump(s).