Benchmarking Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Use with ENERGY STAR’s Portfolio
Manager Tool
Jason TurgeonUS Environmental Protection Agency
4/30/2009
Maximum Ozone Levels in 2007
Image: USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
Industry Average O&M BudgetsWastewater Plant
staffing46%
Chemicals 4%
maintenance3%
Other7%
solids12%
energy28%
Hartford WPCF Energy Cost vs. Use
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1.5
2.0
2.5
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3.5
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4.5
Cost, millions
BTUs, 10 1̂1
New Regulations May
New Regulations May
Drive Energy Use
Drive Energy Use
Successful Energy Management
www.energystar.gov/benchmark
Portfolio Manager
What Does it Do?
Single Parameter ComparisonsWastewater Treatment Plants
AwwaRF Survey, 2004 Data, 300 observations
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Annual Energy Cost ($/MG)
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Wastewater Treatment PlantsAwwaRF Survey, 2004 Data, 279 observations
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Annual Electricity Use (kWh/MG)
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Courtesy WEF/Steve Carlson
Energy Use per Flow vs. Facility Size
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Higher Energy use than average = Low Score
Average Energy Use = Average Score (50)
Lower Energy Use than Average = High Score
Normalization: lineposition adjusted
Energy Use and Cost vs Flow at similar sized plantsFY 2006 data
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$242
$202
$315
$409
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Average Daily Flow (MGD)
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Source Energy per Flow(kBtu/GPD)
Energy Cost per MG ($/MG)
Plan
ENERGY PERFORMANCE RATING
MAINTAIN
INVEST
10075501
ADJUST
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