Faced with the need to pump and cool water

in a broad range of applications, including

rides, pools, marine habitats and landscape

features, the engineers of the Atlantis Resort

turned to ITT to address their diverse needs.

Part water theme park and part aquarium, theAtlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamashas the most elaborate water-based infrastructureof any resort in the world. The exquisitely engi-neered grounds include swimming pools, waterslides, aquatic wildlife exhibits, waterfalls,streams and lagoons. In a most unique blendingof the many types of attractions, visitors can slideand float right through several of the marine lifeexhibits, including a tank filled with live sharks.In one such exhibit, swimmers float down a lazyriver in inner tubes. The river winds its waythrough the middle of a huge fish tank, using atank-within-a-tank to keep the guests separatefrom the fish. In another, a cylindrical tube at thebottom of a five story vertical-drop water slideshoots people through the center of a tank full ofsharks. In both cases, the fish are protected fromthe people, who are kept safely enclosed in theirown glass passages.

New attractions currently under construction anddue for completion in 2007 will include an evenhigher water slide and a snorkeling lagoon whereswimmers will be able to dive right along withthe tamer species of fish that inhabit the aquaticexhibits.

Moving 110,000 GPM With a Single Vendor

The engineers of Atlantis have successfullyaddressed the daunting task of pumping hugevolumes of water through this sophisticated col-lection of aquatic exhibits and water rides. Eachday the pumps of Atlantis move enough water tofill 250 Olympic-sized swimming pools; or aboutone pool filled every five minutes. In addition tomoving all that water day after day, the pumps

endure the heavily corrosive effects of salt waterin the fish tanks and chlorinated water in theswimming pools and rides.

To address their needs for sophisticated, high-capacity water pumping equipment, the Atlantisengineers turned to ITT's wide range of pump sys-tems. First in 1999 and then again in 2005 foranother phase of construction, the Atlantis teamchose pumps from ITT's Marlow, Flygt, A-C andGoulds brands, as well as heat exchangers fromITT's Bell & Gossett brand, to enable them toaddress their wide range of needs with the con-venience and flexibility of working with one ven-dor for the entire project.

The Marlow, A-C, and Flygt brands are used topump water through filtration and chlorinationsystems as well as through ozonators. In additionto being used as circulation pumps for theresort's many pools, Marlow pumps also powerthe lazy rivers, many water slides as well as waterfeatures such as waterfalls, fountains and spraypads for the younger guests. Goulds brand sub-mersible sump pumps are used to keep the pumprooms dry.

ITT Pumps Create "Paradise" in Bahamas Resort

Water Management

Case Study

Engineered for life

Over 80 ITT brand pumps keep the water

flowing at the growing Atlantis Resort on

Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

When the newest phase of construction is com-pleted in 2007, Atlantis will use over 80 ITT brandpumps that together will move over 110,000 gal-lons per minute, which is about one millionpounds of water per minute.

In addition to one-vendor convenience, ITT brandpumps offer Atlantis products designed for theresort's long duty cycles and ease of maintenancefor applications where sand is likely to get intothe water. Seal wells are an open chamber designthat does not allow sand to build up and wearout seals like traditional stuffing box designs do.Footed-volute designs allow for much simplerrepair versus overhung volute designs that causealignment problems when reassembling thepumps. And a forgiving coupling allows for loos-er alignment tolerance, extending both bearingand seal life.

A Wide Range of Applications

One example of an unusual application for the

ITT products is the new "Master Blaster" waterslide that Atlantis is adding to the resort. Thiswater slide is essentially a roller coaster madewith rapidly moving water. Unlike traditionalwater slides, the Mater Blaster uses high power,high volume water pumps to push riders up theslide against the flow of gravity, for a true up anddown roller coaster-like ride along the length ofthe slide. ITT's Marlow brand pumps provide thewater for riders going down the slide, and theirhigher flow/higher pressure pumps create theneeded boost that pushes the riders up the slideonce they reach the bottom. These high-volumeMarlow pumps create enough water pressurethrough strategically placed nozzles that propelthe riders up the other side of the slide like aroller coaster ride, allowing Atlantis to offer thisnew kind of water-based thrill.

Another application for the ITT family of productsis the use of high flow, very low head sub-mersible pumps that are being used in a flowchannel to move people from one location toanother through the "Lazy River" system. Here,ITT's Flygt division had just the right pumps to fitAtlantis' requirements to float guests in innertubes along a long, winding "pool" that traversesthe well-planted landscape and a portion of theshark exhibit.

When the new phase of construction is complet-ed in 2007, resort visitors will also be able toswim with the dolphins in a new “DolphinEncounter” lagoon. ITT's Bell & Gossett brandtitanium plate and frame heat exchangers arebeing used for this sea water application. Theheat exchangers will help cool the water duringthe hot Bahamian summers so that the dolphinsdon't overheat. B&G plate and frame stainlesssteel heat exchangers are also being installed onpools and water features that use chlorinatedpool water, cooling down those applications sothat resort guests stay as comfortable as the dol-phins.

ITT Pumps Create "Paradise" in Bahamas Resort

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Engineered for life

Under the new children's pool, a Marlow

model 8-13SL pump provides water for all the

slides and waterfalls and a 4-7SL is used for

the ozone injection system that disinfects all

the water in this pool area.

Complete Systems Solutions

Whatever the water-handling application - poolsfor people, huge tanks and lagoons for fish,unique and thrilling water rides, lushly land-scaped water falls and rivers - ITT's wide range ofpump products and engineering expertise for thewater park market has been providing advancedengineering solutions to the Atlantis Resort formany years.

ITT Pumps Create "Paradise" in Bahamas Resort

For more information: www.ittfluidbusiness.com

Engineered for life