Water 2050: Project Development & Sustainable Infrastructure Planning
Energy Efficiency for Wastewater Systems

IEPA#7155

SUMMARY: Improving energy efficiency is an ongoing challenge for water-sector utilities.While energy costs often represent 25 to 30 percent of a plant’s total operation and maintenance costs, they also represent the largest controllable cost of providing water and wastewater services. This training will discuss energy efficiency issues and cover energy auditing methods, providing case studies to illustrate energy efficiency at a wastewater plant.

SPEAKER:
Bud Mason, Rural Community Assistance Program (RCAP)
Bud Mason is the Illinois RCAP State Coordinator. He is a certified water and wastewater operator in the State of Illinois who began his career in the Summer Youth Employment Program pulling weeds around sewer lagoons and has gone on to spend over 25 years operating and managing water and wastewater systems throughout Illinois.