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Opportunities To Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Opportunities To Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment Plants Jason Turgeon US Environmental Protection Agency US Conference of Mayors Water Council, Palm Beach, FL November 19,2008. Maximum Ozone Levels in 2007. Image: USAF Defense

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Opportunities To Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment Plants

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  1. Opportunities To Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment Plants Jason Turgeon US Environmental Protection Agency US Conference of Mayors Water Council, Palm Beach, FL November 19,2008

  2. Maximum Ozone Levels in 2007

  3. Image: USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

  4. Hartford WPCF Energy Cost vs. Use

  5. Industry Average O&M Budgets

  6. New Regulations May Drive Energy Use

  7. Successful Energy Management

  8. www.energystar.gov/benchmark

  9. Portfolio Manager

  10. What Does it Do?

  11. Higher Energy use than average = Low Score Normalization: line position adjusted Average Energy Use = Average Score (50)‏ Lower Energy Use than Average = High Score

  12. Plan

  13. Do

  14. Do!

  15. DO!!!

  16. Check

  17. Act

  18. Photo Credits Some photos used under Creative Commons licenses. Thanks to the following flickr users: • The End is Near: Delayed Gratification • Pile of Money: noahwesley • Fear of Commitment: Leslie Duss • Inspection: kquedquest • People Looking at Map: threelayercake • Jumping Swimmers: Hidden side • Plumber: NoMoTo • Roller Coaster: Sven Werk • Downward Trend: nogwater • Target: Matthew McVickar • Award: shannonmary • Fine Current Adjustment Dial: thespacesuitcatalyst • Apples and Oranges: rebel prince • Bad Apple: atypically_me • Basketball: sgoogle • Building with Cactus: ralphTQ • Building with Snow: Justin Russell • Calculator: Tube Design • Changed Priorities: redvers • Padlock: Zebble • Dial 1-100: Leo Reynolds • Swiss Army Knife: Kaptain Kobold • Green Jobs in Pittsfield: greenjobsnow.org • Firefighter: djarvinen • Two Tankers: SeraphimC

  19. Contact Us If it’s not energy efficient … EPA Water/Energy Contacts: Jason Turgeon turgeon.jason@epa.gov 617-918-1637 Katy Hatcher hatcher.caterina@epa.gov (202) 343-9676 Google: ENERGY STAR Wastewater http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=government.wastewater_focus …it’s not sustainable

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