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Sustainability Partners joins Schneider Electric’s resilient energy initiative

Sustainability Partners joins Schneider Electric’s resilient energy initiative

Water Management October 3, 2025 at 2:15 pm

Sustainability Partners has announced it is joining Schneider Electric’s Accelerating Resilient Infrastructure Initiative, a joint effort of more than 20 firms seeking innovative solutions in community-based critical energy systems. The initiative from Schneider Electric includes firms like Microsoft, Zurich Resilience Solutions and Sunrock Distributed Generation. Now,Read More

NORESCO to deliver $100 million upgrade at GLWA plant

NORESCO to deliver $100 million upgrade at GLWA plant

Water Management September 3, 2025 at 9:13 am

Energy services company NORESCO announced it has been engaged to deliver $100 million in treatment upgrades for the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) at its Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) in Detroit. NORESCO is a provider of comprehensive energy and water efficiency, resiliency and infrastructureRead More

EBMUD solar project expected to offset 10 percent of current energy costs

EBMUD solar project expected to offset 10 percent of current energy costs

Public Utility Finance, Water Finance June 6, 2024 at 10:05 am

The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) in Oakland, California, recently announced the installation of its largest solar facility. Designed, built, owned and operated by TotalEnergies, the 4.6 MW project will supply the water agency with approximately 10 million kilowatt-hours of clean solar energy perRead More

City of Arvin, Veolia break ground on innovative solar installation

City of Arvin, Veolia break ground on innovative solar installation

Water Management May 22, 2024 at 10:05 am

The City of Arvin, California and Veolia North America broke ground recently on a new solar energy installation that will meet all the power needs of the city’s wastewater treatment plant and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions from power generation. Since energy can account forRead More

EBMUD pilots in-conduit hydroelectric system

EBMUD pilots in-conduit hydroelectric system

Water Management December 18, 2023 at 8:58 am

East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has partnered with a California-based clean energy company to generate electricity from the flow of water in its distribution system. EBMUD said the investment supports its energy policy goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. InPipe Energy’s new in-conduitRead More

Mitigating the Climate Impact on Water Infrastructure: 5 Things You Can Do

Mitigating the Climate Impact on Water Infrastructure: 5 Things You Can Do

Water Management September 25, 2023 at 7:50 am

By Sandra DiMatteo After decades of warning signs that climate change is happening, most people are now admitting that it is real, and it is not pretty. Droughts are getting dryer, and floods are getting wetter and more frequent. Water resources organizations are struggling toRead More

Businessmen coming to an agreement by shaking hands

Schneider Electric, Suez look to address water scarcity through digital

Water Management August 2, 2023 at 1:08 pm

Schneider Electric and SUEZ recently announced they are joining forces to accelerate the deployment of digital solutions for energy efficiency, resource conservation and the control of carbon impact of water cycle management systems.   An estimated two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in water-stressedRead More

Illinois American Water energizes first solar project

Illinois American Water energizes first solar project

Water Finance, Water Management November 5, 2021 at 9:39 am

Illinois American Water, the largest investor-owned water utility in Illinois, and Sol Systems, cut the ribbon on the water utility’s first solar project located in Champaign County, Ill. The 2.3-megawatt (MW) project includes bifacial panels, single-axis trackers, and the installation of native grasses to promoteRead More