Stormwater Pump Station G

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The City of San Diego gave NBC 7 Investigates a tour of Pump Station G in Pacific Beach. They told us it was in the worst shape of any pump station in the city.

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An aerial view of Pump Station G in Pacific Beach.
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Pump Station G was built in the 1940s.
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When it was fully operational, Pump Station G could move 64,000 gallons of water per minute.
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City engineers say the walls and ceilings and cracked, which causes water to leak.
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During a tour of Pump Station G, workers described water on the floor as normal.
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Cracked and crumbling concrete and rusted metal was a common sight within Pump Station G.
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When it’s internal pumps failed, the City hired a contractor to install an external pumping system at a cost of $22,000 per week.

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