The pump and water pump station is an important practice course of water quality science and engineering. Through this course, it can lay a solid foundation for the study of water quality engineering and other specialized and practical courses. In order to meet the needs of social development for application talent, it is very important to cultivate practical ability and improve the basic theoretical level of the students. In view of the characteristics of the theory and practice, this paper summarizes some teaching research and exploration in following aspects:theory teaching, experiment teaching, visiting practice and curriculum design, and so on.