Energy Management Strategies for Small Wastewater Treatment Plants

by Shannon Pepper | May 27, 2025 | Energy Management, Wastewater

In a small town nestled in the rolling hills of Iowa, the local wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) serves as critical infrastructure in the small community of 4,000 people, ensuring clean water and supporting public health.  For the last few years, its operators have...

Transitioning Small Wastewater Treatment Plants to Solar with Direct Pay Incentives

by Shannon Pepper | Dec 5, 2024 | Access to Wastewater Funding Sources, Energy Management

Energy & its Importance for Small WWTPs Small wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which treat less than 1 million gallons per day (MGD), make up 79% of wastewater utilities in the United States and play a crucial role in our communities. WWTPs and drinking water...

Sustainability Spotlight on Easton Utilities

by Shannon Pepper | Apr 4, 2023 | Energy Management, Resilience, Utility Management

Easton Utilities won the MD Green Registry’s Sustainability Leadership Award for installing a 2-megawatt photovoltaic solar array, which produces more than 100% of the energy needed for its wastewater treatment facility and removing up to 95% of pollutants...

Benefits of Wastewater Energy Efficiency Audits

by Shannon Pepper | Dec 9, 2022 | Energy Management, Wastewater

In this podcast, we will be looking at energy efficiency for wastewater treatment. Energy used at treatment facilities is a large share of a plant’s operating costs. Assessing those costs and where to make improvements can provide long-term savings for utilities....

Implementing Energy Efficiency Audit Findings Reduces Costs and Carbon Emissions and Provides Operational Efficiency and Sustainability

by Shannon Pepper | Nov 30, 2022 | Asset Management, Energy Management, Wastewater

In this blog, we are talking with Sharon Nall of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) where she oversees the Planning, Protection and Assistance Section within the Wastewater Engineering Bureau. Our discussion focuses on the state’s Wastewater...

Using Rebates to Reduce Water System Energy Costs

by Jerry Gunasegaram | Jul 27, 2022 | Conservation, Energy Management, Green Infrastructure

Reducing energy costs is one of the few options available to water systems to decrease costs. Energy costs represent the largest controllable cost of providing water services and make up as much as 40 percent of operating costs. Not only that, experts project that...