SKF solutions help London’s Lee Tunnel redirect millions of gallons of water every hour

Gothenburg, Sweden, 19 June, 2014: SKF is supplying a range of bearings to GIW Industries for inclusion in their 54-tonne pumps, which will help protect London’s growing population from sewage overflow from the River Thames in the coming years.  The pumps are the largest wastewater pumps ever made and will be used to redirect as much as 2.9 million gallons of water per hour into the Lee Tunnel  to protect London’s 150-year-old Victorian sewer network, which can no longer accommodate the volume of sewage and rainwater.  “The SKF bearing