4 Ways To Create A More Energy Efficient Wastewater Treatment Plant Achieving a more energy efficient wastewater treatment plant has never been so important. Issues around energy consumption are of growing importance in the context of higher energy and production costs, emissions and a changing climate. Energy for aeration comprises a significant portion (60% average) of the operating costs of a wastewater treatment plant. According to the United Nations, globally it is estimated that implementing energy efficiency measures would account for more than 65% of energy-related emissions savings up to 2030. The water industry is one of the largest industrial users of energy with an estimated 2% of total global electricity consumption used for the aeration of wastewater. It is therefore in the best interest of the environment and the economics of wastewater treatment plants, for operators to find efficiencies in energy use.
Emerging Economies and The Global Wastewater Infrastructure Crisis Emerging Economies Have a Unique Opportunity to Leapfrog with WasteWater Infrastructure Innovation There is a tendency to want to mirror or mimic what other successful economies have done when you are looking for templates to build, or improve, a nations infrastructure. This is a highly justifiable rationale, after all if it has worked once it is likely to work again. But nowadays emerging economies have become more savvy and are more open than ever to the opportunity of leapfrogging.
Have You Got Aspirations of an Energy Neutral Wastewater Treatment Plant? Energy Neutral Wastewater Treatment Plant Concept Even though the concept of an energy neutral wastewater treatment plant is a relatively new one - there are a large number of innovative technologies and smart approaches which are creating a template for energy neutrality for wastewater treatment plants of the future.
How Will Wastewater Treatment Plants Look In 20 Years? The time to plan and innovate is now. Considering wastewater treatment plants have not really changed in the past 100 years, (Activated Sludge has been the main biological treatment process since 1914) it is very exciting to see the rapid technological change that is starting to occur. So, how will wastewater treatment plants look 20 years from now?
