Measure and Manage

An energy reporting tool that constantly monitors electric power consumption and demand pays dividends for a Colorado treatment plant.
Measure and Manage
Energy Navigator’s daily view charts the speed at which the New Castle (Colo.) Wastewater Treatment Plant uses electricity. The estimated cost of 6 cents per kilowatt hour averages the plant’s peak demand and kilowatt hours usage charges.

An upgrade converted the 200,000 gpd New Castle (Colo.) activated sludge wastewater treatment plant to a 600,000 gpd Kruger AnoxKaldnes HYBAS system (integrated fixed-film activated sludge or IFAS) serving 1,600 homes and averaging 235,000 gpd.

Operators expected an increase in...

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