Cohort Videos

 Session 6 Webinar - Pumps and Pump Station Efficiency

Guest Speakers:

For your convenenience, the time at which each presenter begins in the video is marked below next to their name.

  • (2:16 minute mark) Jeff Foray, Kennedy/Jenks (Energy Efficiency Considerations in Pumps and Pump Stations) 
  • (36:17 minute mark) Ray Nickel, Parametrix (Energy Efficiency in Pump Stations--Part 2 Wastewater)

Session 4 Webinar - Best Practices and Successes in Wastewater and Water Treatment Plants:  A Series of Case Studies

Guest Speakers: 

We apologize for the technical hiccups in the video, such as the black boxes that sometimes appear in the right hand corner. We did our best to clean this up, but due to glitches beyond our control they could not be completely eliminated. 

For your convenenience, the time at which each presenter begins in the video is marked below next to their name.

  • Dorothy Atwood, Zero Waste Alliance (Reviews the Cohort homework assignments to date, as well as what will be in the final report at the end of the year-long training)
  • (8:30 minute mark) Bob Sprick, Operation Supervisor at the Eugene/Springfield Regional Water Pollution Control Facility in Oregon Synopsis
  • (46:59 minute mark) Dave Six, Water Wastewater Systems Manager at City of Lewiston, Idaho
  • (1:06:10 minute mark) Michael Ross, PE, LEED AP, Portland Water Bureau
  • (1:25:12 minute mark) Ryan Withers, RH2 Engineering

Session 2 Webinar - Managing Motor Driven Systems

Guest Speaker:  Tony Simon, WSU Energy Program Energy Systems Engineer, simont@energy.wsu.edu
Synopsis:  (53 min, 37 sec) You’ve heard that variable speed drives (VSDs) save a lot of energy, but have you heard that they won’t save energy in every case? Discover several aspects of how to optimize motor-driven systems through operations and maintenance and applying control strategies with VSDs. This discussion will address oversized equipment, part-load efficiency and managing motor-driven systems, as well as introduce MotorMaster+, a free tracking software available online.

 

LOTT Clean Water Alliance from Plant Operations Support Consort.

(1 min, 26 sec) Laurie Pierce, LOTT Clean Water Alliance in Olympia, explains the benefits of their new roof blower.