Engineering
firm Black & Veatch and Raftelis Financial Consultants provided data
for a study of retail water rates released in September 2012 by USA Today. The research covered 100 municipalities
across the US. The findings won’t
surprise you: rates have increased 70%
and more over the past 12 years. In 25%
of the cities, rates doubled; in San Francisco, Atlanta and Wilmington, Delaware
they tripled.
Fitch
Ratings’ water utilities analysts expect water rates to continue growing at 5%
per year due to our aging infrastructure and the capital costs required to
maintain and upgrade it. Expect water to
take an increasingly larger portion of your budget each year as cost increases
outstrip inflation.
Water
for heating – and especially cooling – accounts for 15% to 30% of a building’s overall
water consumption. An effective water
treatment regimen for this equipment is the most effective means to reduce that
use. The US Green Building
Council’s LEED for Existing Buildings recognizes this by offering a credit
for utilizing chemical water treatment in cooling towers. Contact us here at APTech Group for
hands-on help from our field and factory water treatment experts to keep your
enterprise ahead of the ever-steeper water cost curve. For starters, you can download a useful tip
sheet at by clicking here .
Posted on behalf Lew Bonadies, LEED AP, Sustainability
Director, APTech Group
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