Three Ways to Reduce Water Industry Energy Use
Three Ways to Reduce Water Industry Energy Use
Pumping and treating water and wastewater uses a lot of energy, costing water companies huge sums of money and making it harder for them to meet tough economic and environmental targets. In this short course, we’ll walk you through three innovative ways to make water processes more efficient and less energy hungry.
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Understand the challenges faced by water companies in reducing their energy dependence
- Identify innovative ways to make the water industry more energy-efficient
- Explain the potential benefits of using microbubbles to speed up sewage breakdown and reduce energy consumption
- Understand how statistical process control methods can be used to manage oxygen levels in wastewater treatment plants and make the process more efficient