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    United States
    Environmental Protection
    Agency
             Moving Utilities toward Sustainabilitv through Energy Management
 Wastewater and water utilities across the country are facing
 a series of daunting challenges to improve their efficiency
 while keeping rates affordable for the communities they
 serve.  Energy costs from wastewater and water services
 often represent 30% or more of a municipality's total energy
 costs. At the same time, energy represents the largest
 controllable cost for these utilities.  Given these challenges, it
 is imperative that utilities utilize a systematic approach to
 minimize energy usage and costs while not sacrificing
 performance.

 U.S. EPA's Office of Water and EPA's Regional offices have
 been working with utilities to help them understand and
 implement an energy management program based around a Plan-Do-Check-Act management
 systems framework as outlined in the Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and
 Water Utilities depicted above.  EPA has sponsored a number of workshops around the
 country to introduce utilities to the steps contained in the Guidebook and the Regional offices
 are now are working with over 150  utilities to help them implement energy management
 programs. As a result of both operational changes and other improvements, these utilities are
 seeing significant benefits from their efforts. For example:

  •  The Greater Lawrence Massachusetts Sanitary District expects to save 45% in total energy
    costs and generate 410 kilowatts of green power (solar and hydro).
  •  The Barnstable Massachusetts Wastewater Treatment Facility expects to save 100% of
    their total energy costs as result of several upgrades and reduce almost 2,000 tons of C02.
  •  The Angola Indiana Wastewater Treatment Plant has reduced energy consumption by 25%
    and overall energy expenditures by 58%. These reductions also helped the utility avoid
    staff layoffs and rate increases.
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                                                                     August 2011
                                                                     Office of Water

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oEPA
    United States
    Environmental Protection
    Agency
  EPA Region 7 has worked with a group of utilities in Missouri under the Missouri Water
  Utilities Partnership (MOWUP) and developed a number of case studies documenting the
  efforts of these utilities and the benefits they have seen.
                                   Case Studies Index
                         Missouri Water Utilities Partnership Flyer

                         City of Columbia

                         City of Harrisonville

                         City of Joplin

                         City of Neosho

                         CitvofO'Fallon

                         City of Rolla

                         City of St. Peters
  To access more information about MOWUP and the case studies for the participating utilities,
  go to http://www.epa.gov/region7/water/si.htm or contact Kerry Herndon at
  Herndon.kerry@epa.gov or (913) 551-7286.
  For further information about the overall energy management project and to download a copy
  of the Energy Management Guidebook, go to
  http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/sustain/cut energy.cfm or contact Jim Home at
  horne.iames@epa.gov or (202) 564-0571.

                                                                     EPA832F11010
                                                                     August 2011
                                                                     Office of Water

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