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- Streamlining Clean Water Act Compliance Like a Big City on a Small Town Budget
Marlborough, MA, USA
A small city, Marlborough, MA (pop. 40k) is utilizing data and technology to streamline its Industrial Pre-treatment Program (IPP) and Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) programs to ensure easier compliance with the Clean Water Act.
General Fund/Existing Public FundsWater & Sewer Division - Integrated city systems, unified data, & automation drive 316% increase in field efficiency
Seattle, WA, USA
Easier and defensible compliance, improved infrastructure preservation, and more cost-effective operations were the results of Seattle Public Utilities integrating city systems to better manage their FOG program, automate time-con...
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Add Your Case StudyThe Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant's Digester Gas Utilization ProjectLos Angeles, CA, USA
When faced with an expiring energy use agreement that affected the biogas generated at its Hyperion Water Reclamation facility, the City of Los Angeles used a design-build-operate arrangement to rapidly accelerate the construction...
Performance Contracting,Design-Build-Operate-Maintain Contracts- UCSD Microgrid represents more cost-effective, energy efficient solution to greenhouse gas reduction
San Diego, CA, USA
As part of the UC campus-wide initiative to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, the University of California, San Diego built up its microgrid with a cogeneration plant and solar power, creating a more energy-efficient cost-s...
Public Private Partnership - 13B Gallons of Water Replenish Overpumped San Pedro River Groundwater Supplies
Arizona, USA
The groundwater supplies of the San Pedro River, named one of America’s Last Great Places, were drying up due to the overpumping of its aquifer. Through water replenishment projects that captured water combined with preventing gro...
- Cambria, CA Overcomes Drought-Related Water Supply Shortage With Desalination Plant
Cambria, CA, USA
Located in drought-prone California, the town of Cambria lacked access to a regional water supply and was insufficiently equipped to meet demand. Amidst a state of emergency due to drought, a desalination plant was built, providin...
- Upgrading Aging, Underfunded Water Infrastructure in Rural Mariposa County
Mariposa, CA 95338, USA
Mariposa County needed a long-term solution to improve the county's aging water & wastewater infrastructure. They implemented a plan to reduce O&M costs, employ facilities managers & justify rate increases for residents in rural a...
Federal grantsCounty Manager - Build Reliability Centered Maintenance Program
Central Valley, California 96080, USA
This client wanted to build a Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Program, but didn't have adequate budget to perform analysis and implementation at one time. Because there was repair, replace, and rehab work coming up, the cli...
General Fund/Existing Public FundsCity Engineers - Glendale Heights, IL fills gaps in historical data and simplifies their IEPA submission process
Glendale Heights, IL, USA
Water system operators in Glendale Heights, IL have used paper to manually capture and report their data for decades. This left data gaps between employee turnover and created inefficiencies with IEPA report submissions. They soug...
Utility ratesUtilities Superintendent - Crowdfunding Capital for Sustainable Wastewater P3 Project in Los Fresnos, TX
Los Fresnos, TX 78566, USA
Community-based capital from local investors is being raised to fund The Los Fresnos Project - a sustainable wastewater treatment P3 project proposed by Skillicorn Technologies. The project intends to turn the City of Los Fresno's...
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