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Renewable energy reaps savings at water district

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on August 21, 2008 at 5:59 am

From the O.C. Register:

For the Santa Margarita Water District, being environmentally conscious and fiscally conservative is not a bunch of hot air. Burning hot air has yielded big savings and reduced the District’s carbon footprint.

For seven years, the district has saved more than $410,000 by using a renewable energy source to power its Chiquita Water Reclamation Plant near Ortega Highway. The renewable energy source is methane gas, a greenhouse gas that is the byproduct of the water reclamation process. By utilizing the gas, the district removes it from the atmosphere and generates approximately 17 percent of the power needed to run the 29-acre facility.

Methane – also called digester gas – is burned in microturbines 24 hours a day to provide energy to the plant. This process reduces the facility’s energy consumption by approximately 10 percent each year.

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August 21, 2008 · Filed Under Great Green Ideas

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