MJW Supports Kennedy Space Center Pump Station Project

Helping provide a safe and plentiful water supply to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is one more way that MJW Consolidated is supporting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) vision for the nation’s growing spaceport.

MJW has been chosen to install the pumps, piping and monitoring equipment for a new pump station that will expand the municipal water supply to KSC, as NASA pursues its master plan for developing a multi-user spaceport with additional commercial opportunities.

The pump station project is on State Route 3 at the southern edge of the 142,000-acre complex on the Florida coast. The project is part of phase five of a comprehensive utilities upgrade that will support development of up to 8,000 acres at KSC. The KSC 2012-2032 Master Plan calls for the vast majority of the complex to remain natural habitat.

MJW began work on its portion of the water pump station project in July, and final cut-over to the new station is expected by June 2019. The general contractor for the project is a partnership of Baker Klein of Jacksonville, Fla., and Foresight Construction Group of Gainesville, Fla (insert web link). In addition to installing and connecting the piping and pump equipment, MJW is responsible for installing equipment used for controlling flow and pressure as well as automated chemical monitoring systems. The station connects to the City of Cocoa municipal water system.

MJW has been a trusted provider of construction and fire protection services at KSC for many years. Two prominent projects currently underway are a crest spray sound suppression system for NASA’s new Space Launch System and fire protection systems for the new mobile launch tower.