Irrigation customers who use much of the reclaimed water from the New Smyrna Beach (Fla.) water reclamation facility plant haven’t noticed a difference. Commercial irrigation storage ponds are still full, though it takes longer to fill them. But the plant, owned by the Utilities Commission, City of New Smyrna Beach, has made substantial operational changes that are conserving energy and holding down electricity costs. By adjusting and optimizing pressure in the reclaimed water distribution system, the plant staff is saving about $140,000 a year. Similar changes at the drinking water plant next door are saving $100,000 a year while also
