Metropolitan Announces Green Water Initiative

By Joseph Sanchez

Metropolitan Industries, Inc., a large supplier of residential pump and control products officially announced their commitment to the design and distribution of energy-efficient green products during a release of their 2008 product offering.

The initiative directed by Metropolitan President John Kochan, Jr. will focus on green marketing of two residential backup systems known as SUMPRO and StormPro that use energy efficient AC pumps that draw fewer amps than any other pumps on the market.

According to David Miller, national wholesale manager, Metropolitan’s 3/4 HP StormPro Pump draws 7.5 amps which is less than most 1/3 HP pumps but moves over twice as much water.  These pumps are packaged with Metropolitan’s AC driven battery backup systems known as the Sumpro Series and StormPro series due to their efficiency and they provide much more capacity and reliability than the typical DC systems.

Utilizing an AC driven battery backup system is beneficial to people who have heavy water intake or live in larger homes where typical DC backup systems are not capable of handling the pumping volume and prove unreliable. 

 “Gallon for gallon, our AC driven backup systems out perform any DC system on the market.  Because they pump more they run less which increases the runtime during battery backup mode.” Miller said

The Sumpro Gold and Platinum series uses the 3/4HP pump at 7.5 amps and the StormPro and StormPro Deluxe use the extremely efficient 1/3HP pump at 4.5 amps that moves more water than most 1/2HP pumps. Depending on the package, one or two pumps are in included. The dual pump packages like the Sumpro Platinum and the StormPro Deluxe system connect to an alternator that will switch to the other pump in case of failure and provides equal wear and exercise for both pumps. The alternator called the PumpGuard Plus is sold separately and can be used with any type of automatic 115V pump under 15 amps.

You can find more information about the products on www.sumpro.com by calling David Miller at 815-886-9200.

Metropolitan Industries, Inc., located in Romeoville, Ill., is a single source supplier of pumps, control systems and Green Water Systems serving the commercial, municipal, industrial and residential markets.