Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Moves Forward with Pump System Optimization for all Facilities
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Parsippany, NJ, November 30, 2015 – Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), a
Massachusetts public authority established to provide wholesale water and sewer
services to 2.5 million people and more than 5,500 large industrial users in 61
metropolitan Boston communities, conducted an in-house Pump System Optimization
(PSO) Program in November as a precursor to a pump system assessment of all its
facilities.
The Pump System Optimization (PSO) Program was developed by
the Hydraulic Institute for engineers, operations, facilities, maintenance, and
management personnel to educate their staff in operating pump systems more
efficiently and understand how a pump system optimization process identifies
problematic areas that represent the greatest MWRA opportunities for energy
savings improvement.
David Shea, Maintenance Manager, MWRA, Deer Island
Treatment Plant, states, “Our goal with this PSO course and the upcoming pump
system assessments at all our facilities is to gain valuable new skills to improve
our pump system efficiency and reduce MWRA energy and operating costs.”
The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, which cost
over $3 billion to erect, is the second largest plant of its kind in the United
States, operating at a maximum flow of over 1.2 billion gallons a day. Additionally, MWRA is currently working with
A. W. Chesterton on a new pilot program to coat more pumps and components to
improve performance and energy efficiency.
The Hydraulic Institute provides product-neutral pumps
training conducted by subject matter experts, such as William C. Livoti from
WEG Electric, who share their many years of experience. William Livoti notes, “The Hydraulic
Institute PSO course is a tested and proven program that delivers positive
change on how organizations view and operate pump systems. By hosting a PSO course, companies can obtain
greater energy efficiency, bottom-line savings as well as higher reliability
and improved productivity through pump system optimization.”
A.W.
Chesterton Company and WEG
Electric Corp. co-hosted this particular pump system
optimization training course.
Through the PSO course, MWRA plans to develop specific
skills to identify a broad range of system improvement opportunities that will
determine where to focus their efforts within their own organization. The company also anticipates developing specific
action plans with a clear business justification and a long-term roadmap that
outlines a return on their investment in less than two years.
The HI course for both days conveyed the importance of
energy conservation to MWRA and how they will drive change and operate pump
systems. Through this PSO course, MWRA
will better comprehend how optimized pump system are more energy efficient and
reliable overall.
HI will be working closely with MWRA in 2016 on other
technical training programs to further extend their energy savings objectives.
For more information on HI Pump Systems Optimization Programs,
refer to the website at www.Pumps.org or call Mark Sullivan, Director, Education &
Marketing, Hydraulic Institute at 973-349-5329.
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Massachusetts Water
Resources Authority is a
Massachusetts public authority established by an act of the Legislature in 1984
to provide wholesale water and sewer services to 2.5 million people and more
than 5,500 large industrial users in 61 metropolitan Boston communities. For
more information, refer to: http://www.mwra.com/
The Hydraulic
Institute serves as a value-added resource to member
companies, engineering consulting firms, and pump users worldwide by developing
and delivering comprehensive industry standards, expanding knowledge by
providing education and tools for the effective application, testing,
installation, operation, maintenance, and performance optimization of pumps and
pumping systems, and by serving as a forum for the exchange of industry
information. For more information on the Hydraulic Institute, its member
companies and its Standards Partners, visit www.Pumps.org.