Summary
The UK water industry has an annual electricity bill of £300m, 70% of which is spent on pumping.
Potential savings of £25m/annum are attainable in the water industry by identifying problem pumps and systems, of which approximately £5m/year have been achieved to date.
The paper discusses the methods used in the UK and how Yorkshire Water in particular has made significant reductions in its energy bill.
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Yates, M.A., Willey, A. (1993). Energy Saving in Pumping in the U.K. Water Industry. In: Rao, B.K.N. (eds) Profitable Condition Monitoring. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1616-9_8
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