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Energy Efficiency

Water infrastructure isn’t aging, it is old. Much of it represents a time when energy costs were low and water systems were independent of energy systems. The Energy Efficiency Focus Group was formed to identify practices and technologies to improve energy efficiency and lower energy use in process treatment and utility operations.  This group is collaboratively investigating several energy conservation technologies to help utilities achieve net-neutrality or energy-positive operations.

Chair: Ya-Chi Tsao, Staff Engineer - Planning & Research, Philadelphia Water

Vice-Chair: Vacant

Energy Optimization
Energy Recovery

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Pasteurization Technology Group

Technology Spotlight
06/17/2019
Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) applies cogeneration principals to the problem of disinfecting wastewater using a process that is safe, toxic free, and has a low carbon footprint. First off, PTG’s...

Seven RFPs Released for WRF Research

Press Release
09/27/2018
The Water Research Foundation (WRF) today announced that Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are available for six new research projects funded under the Solicited Research Program. In addition, one new RFP...
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Related Research Projects

Project #1557

Energy Efficiency in Value Engineering: Barriers and Pathways

Completed
This study provides examples of value engineering in wastewater treatment facility projects. It analyzes the effectiveness of current value engineering studies in defining potential technology alternatives that increase...
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Project #1418

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Anaerobic Digester CHP Projects in New York State

Completed
This project presents the results of one-on-one interviews with wastewater utility staff to document factors that drive biogas energy projects forward and those that hold them back. While...
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Project #1416

Pathways to Energy Neutrality: Victor Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility, California

Completed
This informative 13-page factsheet documents VVRWRF’s journey from aging facility with outdated infrastructure to one that incorporated energy neutrality as a utility-wide goal, allowing it to be named...
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Project #4978

Application of Big Data for Energy Management at Water Utilities

In Progress
The water sector has increased its attention to energy use, including concerns surrounding rising costs, energy security, and energy reliability. Data management plays a vital role in addressing...
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Project #4879

Carbon Capture and Management Strategies for Energy Harvest from Wastewater

In Progress
This project examined the impact of wastewater characteristics on the performance and operation of high-rate carbon removal processes. The research focused on evaluating the improvements or deterioration of...
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Project #4948

Manure Nutrient & Resource Recovery: Co-Digestion with Low-Cost Ammonia Stripping

In Progress
Nutrient release to the environment from agricultural operations can impair water and air quality and lead to greenhouse gas emissions. Anaerobic digestion of manure waste offers a waste...
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