Energy audits have been around for a long time, most likely since the first oil price shocks during the Jimmy Carter administration, which is when the cost of energy became a significant concern.The Sustainable Operations feature in this month’s TPO reminds us how valuable an energy audit can be. At the clean-water plant in Stratford, Ontario, an energy assessment by the local electric utility and the plant’s contract operator pointed to a series of improvements, chiefly a blower retrofit. Savings from that alone were projected at more than $1 million over 20 years.Has your water or wastewater treatment plant gone
