Sewage Treatment With Solar Power
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Nearly 8,500 solar panels covering 13 acres in Germantown began operating this month at a sewage-treatment plant in Montgomery County, one of the first in the Washington region to try solar power. The panels, also installed at a Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission facility in Upper Marlboro, began operating in October.
Diagram of a typical wastewater treatment plant using the Cambi thermal hydrolysis process (courtesy of Cambi). |
Sewage-treatment plants, in particular, are being looked at for solar power because vast parcels of land bought decades ago as buffers for nearby communities can accommodate acres of the panels. Utility officials say they also are exploring ways to reduce their dependence on the electrical grid during and after severe storms, when power outages can wreak havoc on sewer systems and cause overflows into streams.
It’s also about saving money.
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million borrowed for the project. That will free up money needed to repair and replace aging infrastructure, such as underground pipes that burst after too much decay.
Source: http://cenvironment.blogspot.com/2013/12/sewage-treatment-with-solar-power.html
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