Significant progress toward net-zero power consumption with solar energy only made the staff at the Town of Windsor Water Reclamation Facility in California think even bigger.
Why not go for an environmental impact trifecta: net-zero power, net-zero effluent discharge and net-zero biosolids waste?“We started to really look at the way things are run,” says David Ernst, wastewater superintendent. “We said if we can recycle everything we have with 100% renewable energy, then let’s do it. It sounds like a lofty goal, but I think it’s within reach for our town.”Looking deeper
The California utility completed a modernization study in 2019 that suggested
