Energy takes up a large share of clean-water plant operating costs. Operators in New Hampshire are finding ways to drive energy costs down, with help from the state government and utility incentive program.
The program is led by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services in partnership with NHSaves, a collaboration of the state’s electric and gas utilities that provides customers with information, incentives and support to save energy, reduce costs and protect the environment.
In four years since inception, the program has benchmarked electricity usage at 69 municipal wastewater treatment plants; conducted nine educational workshops for water and wastewater system
