This is the top of the standard range, and all four variants share the same 740 rpm (8-pole) motor speed, the slowest, and by extension the gentlest on wear parts, of anything in the catalogue. At this scale that’s a deliberate choice: a large, slow impeller moving 2400-2650 m³/h experiences less erosive wear per cubic meter pumped than a smaller, faster one would, and that matters over the multi-decade service life these installations are usually built for.
Model
Flow (m³/h)
Head (m)
Power (kW)
Efficiency
Footprint L×W×H (mm)
WQ500-2500-10
2500
10
110
85%
900×2218×2250
WQ500-2600-15
2600
15
160
84%
955×1968×2450
WQ500-2400-22
2400
22
220
85%
900×2218×2520
WQ500-2650-24
2650
24
250
85%
1017×2198×3000
Efficiency holds in a tight 84-85% band across all four despite power more than doubling from 110kW to 250kW, a sign these are genuinely optimized designs rather than one casing stretched across an unreasonable range. Given the size and weight involved (the largest footprint here stands just over 3 meters tall including the motor), mobile installation isn’t a realistic option; GAK-500 auto-coupling is the only sensible default. If two or more share a pit, which does happen at true metropolis-scale facilities, hydraulic simulation to rule out flow-field interference between units is standard due diligence rather than an extra step to skip.
Typical Applications
metropolis-scale collection-tank overflow-pumping
ultra-flow municipal sump-pit station
metropolis-level municipal sump-station
massive-volume waste-water collection-tank transfer
A rough service-life timeline of what actually wears out on continuous-run 300mm+ submersible sewage pumps, and which failures show warning signs versus which don’t.
Direct-on-line, star-delta, soft-start and VFD starting compared for 45-250kW submersible sewage pump motors, with the trade-offs that actually matter on site.
When a project’s flow and head sit between two pump bore sizes, here’s how to decide between the smaller option running harder and the larger one running easier.