News Briefs: California Town Awarded for Cost-Saving Solar Array at WWTP

The Town of Windsor, California, recently received the 2021 Helen Putnam Award for Excellence for a floating solar energy project at a wastewater treatment plant that has generated more than 2 million kwH of renewable energy and saved more than $210,000 in the last year. The solar array covers four acres of a recycled water pond and has 5,000 360-watt panels on a floating rack system that generates 90% of the electricity needed to power the plant and adjacent operations.See the video below for more information about the project:Entry 238667Santa Clara Valley Officials Promote Indirect Reuse Santa Clara Valley (California) Water District