Next week, Solential Energy’s Jim Shaw and Corey Miller will be heading to Fort Wayne to exhibit at the Indiana Water Environment Association – IWEA – annual meeting August 17-19 at the Grand Wayne Convention Center. Their message: Power clean water with solar. It’s a message that should resonate with IWEA members whose mission it is to preserve and protect Indiana’s abundant waterways by educating members and the public about the importance of the state’s water environment. Most of IWEA’s members work in the wastewater and water treatment industry. The first discharges processed wastewater in ..read more

Like the rest of America, the water and wastewater processing utilities are feeling the pain of rising energy costs. Unlike families, the industry can’t just dial back the thermostat to reduce monthly energy bills. Producing drinking water and processing wastewater requires energy and lots of it. There is no dialing back. And unlike most businesses, public utilities can’t just increase rates to customers to make up for higher energy costs. On Wednesday, April 13, Solential CEO Jim Shaw will take to the stage at the 114th Annual Conference of the Indiana Section of the American Water Works Asso ..read more

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) designating funds for upgrading twater treatment and wastewater plant infrastructure, there’s been growing interest in adding solar to these critical facilities. There’s a simple reason for that: moving to solar power has the potential to reduce a plant’s annual energy costs by 50% or more. Learn more about ARPA funding here. Processing water/wastewater is energy intensive. While modern equipment is more energy efficient, it doesn’t go far enough to reduce energy costs. When you add solar to the equation, you’ve got yourself a higher performin ..read more

Experts agree that America’s water and wastewater treatment industry is facing a number of significant challenges. Customers are often oblivious to the issues. As long as clean water comes from the faucet, the shower’s hot, the pool is crystal blue and waste is handled properly, life’s good, right? Beneath this false sense of security are issues that touch all customers: commercial, municipal and residential. Let’s take a look at five of the biggest challenges facing the water treatment industry: Aging Infrastructure. The American Water Works Association (AWWA)’s 2018 survey of water industry ..read more