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Sustainability In Water And Wastewater Facilities Optimizes Electrical Generation Requirements
September 19, 2011
By Lee E. Ferrell, Schneider Electric
Sustainable infrastructure is an emerging concern for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with water and wastewater treatment facilities. It should also be a concern for our aging infrastructure with electrical generating facilities. Water is needed to produce energy, and energy is needed to produce clean water. Therefore, with the water/energy connection, the sustainability of water and electrical energy production together are critical for our nation and the world. The first step for a sustainable infrastructure for water and energy is to make sure we are reducing operation and maintenance costs for the facilities. By improving water, process, energy, and carbon efficiency, we can reduce operational costs and use savings for infrastructure upgrades. Because the production of energy is directly related to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy reduction is directly related to carbon reduction as well as dollars saved. Additionally, reduction in energy reduces the use of energy and power plant generation as well as the energy costs to clean water at a water or wastewater treatment facility.
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