Entries Tagged Energy Efficiency

Editorial A Small Utility Lives up to the 'Green' Reputation of Its Scenic Lake Superior Community

A clean environment means everything to the city of Bayfield, located on a peninsula in Lake Superior at the northern tip of...

January 17, 2018

Automation/Optimization - KSB SES System Efficiency Service

SES System Efficiency Service from KSB can show operators ways to increase the energy efficiency of pump systems and prolong their service...

December 13, 2017

Editorial Dialing Down Power Bills With New Outdoor Lighting

Workers at the Santa Cruz (California) Wastewater Treatment Plant haven’t just seen the light, they’ve measured what it costs to operate.After energy-efficient...

October 19, 2017

Videos Tour a Plant Providing Drinking Water and Hydropower

Join Brian Steglitz, water treatment services manager, as he offers a tour of Ann Arbor, Michigan’s 50 mgd capacity lime softening plant. Inside the...

September 25, 2017

Process Control Systems - KSB SES System Efficiency Service

SES System Efficiency Service from KSB can show operators ways to increase the energy efficiency of pump systems and prolong their service...

August 16, 2017

Editorial WWTP Energy Audit Leads to Money-Saving Changes

Energy conservation is part of the planning process for the city of Stratford, Ontario. With the wastewater treatment plant consuming more than...

February 15, 2017

Editorial Where Can You Save?

Energy audits have been around for a long time, most likely since the first oil price shocks during the Jimmy Carter administration,...

February 15, 2017

Editorial This Treatment Plant's Process Upgrade is Turning Heads

Changes come slowly in the wastewater treatment industry. That’s why a recent process improvement at a Florida plant is gaining attention.An air-infusion...

November 10, 2016

Editorial This Simple Aeration Change Brought Big Energy Savings at Wilako Wastewater

It was an invitation too good to turn down. Two regulatory bodies wanted to help the Wetumpka Water Works & Sewer Board...

October 17, 2016

Online Exclusives How to Optimize Airflows to Aeration Basins

As a result of clean-energy mandates and the rising cost of energy, wastewater treatment facilities around the country are retrofitting their instrumentation...

August 17, 2016

Online Exclusives News Briefs: 'Thousand-Year Storm' Triggers Boil Advisory

Water customers in Columbia, South Carolina, were placed under a boil advisory this weekend after historic flooding damaged waterlines throughout the city’s...

October 06, 2015