How to Use Solar Energy to Offset Upgrade Costs

Solar energy helps an updated Maryland wastewater treatment plant cut utility power costs. A blower upgrade will soon follow.
How to Use Solar Energy to Offset Upgrade Costs
The staff of the Hurlock Wastewater Treatment Plant includes, from left, Eric Barnhart, plant superintendent; Alan Plutschak, operator; and Bob Harvey, chief operator.

When the Town of Hurlock, Maryland, upgraded its wastewater treatment plant to meet new effluent limits, the project cost $7.5 million and operating costs went up. Today, the plant is saving money through renewable energy and more efficient equipment.

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