Environmental Stewardship the American Water Way

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Environmental Stewardship the American Water Way

• Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D.
• Director, Innovation Environmental Stewardship

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Environmental Policy

• Being a steward of the environment is a
  fundamental part of what American Water does. We
  recognize that our activities have an impact on
  the environment and that we need to appropriately
  manage those impacts
• We will comply with all relevant environmental
  laws, regulations, and standards.
• We will sustain the environment through
  responsible business practices that promote
  environmental stewardship with a holistic
  approach to the prevention of pollution.
• Promote environmental stewardship in our business
  offerings, and where our operations, activities,
  or practices could impact the environment
• Encourage our partners, suppliers, agents, and
  contractors to adopt similar standards
• Discuss our environmental performance with our
  stakeholders.
• We will be efficient in our use of natural
  resources, including energy, in both our
  operations and during construction.
• Work to achieve a high level of energy efficiency
  and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
• Minimize resource consumption and waste
  production in capital projects and new
  construction
• Partner with our communities to protect
  watersheds, develop sustainable water resources,
  and promote water conservation and use efficiency
• Promote recycling, reuse, or energy recovery of
  wastes.

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Stream Clean-up, Protection
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Endangered Species

• To promote stewardship of biodiversity on both
  landholdings and where activities may have an
  impact
• Key Tasks
• Capital Program opportunities to enhance
  environmental quality and biodiversity
• Property collaborative relationships with
  environmental organizations
• Corporate Responsibility environmental grants
  program to foster local environmental programs

Karner Blue Butterfly
wild lupine
Black-necked Stilt in constructed wetlands
Red Legged Frog
Osprey nesting platforms
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Bird Habitat

• Rogers Wildlife Refuge
• Repaired road access
• Removed non-native plants
• Built observation platform
• Migratory Bird Counting by Audubon Society
• Junior World Series of bird Watching
• Taylor Wildlife Preserve
• Tree Swallows
• Raptor Protection
• Eagle/Owls Days
• Geese Peace Program
• Indiana Bobwhite Chapter of Quail Forever
• Habitat restoration

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Environmental Grant Program

• Grant Program was established in 2005
• In 2009, at least 25 projects totaling 114,000
  in 11 states
• Partnerships with local environmental groups
• Emphasis on watersheds within service areas
• Watershed protection, markers
• Stream clean up, debris disposal
• Education, and outreach programs
• Riparian buffers
• School programs
• Prescription drug disposal
• Museum, nature park, visitor center development
• Stream monitoring
• Native grass, vegetation programs
• Rain garden guide

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Establishing Native Shortgrass Prairies
Pre-Planting
Post-Planting

• Benefits
• Reduced Maintenance
• Increase Biodiversity (attracts wildlife)
• Fixes Carbon Dioxide
• Aesthetically Pleasing

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Environmental Education

• Davenport Watershed Festival
• Iowa Growing Up Green Camp
• PA Wonderful World of Water Camp
• Spring Run mentoring program
• Lower Makefield Sewer Drain Marking Project
• Illinois River Watersheds Public Awareness
  Program
• Arbor Day
• Web-based environmental classes

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A Culture of Stewardship

• Annual Report published electronically
• Lighting audits through Grainger
• Copier set to print double-sided
• Recycled paper
• Styrofoam and plastic cups replaced with
  cardboard
• Use of real glasses and mugs encouraged
• Green IT equipment (laptops and computers)
  purchased, old equipment recycled
• Recycling
• paper, cardboard, glass, plastic
• Scrap Metal (ferrous and non-ferrous)
• Fluorescent Bulbs (using the BulbEater)
• Aerosol Cans
• Batteries (rechargeable and dry cell)

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Climate Leaders

• A voluntary EPA partnership with U.S. companies
  to develop long-term, comprehensive climate
  change strategies
• Inventory corporate GHG emissions
• Establish reporting
• Set corporate-wide GHG reduction goals
• Measure and report GHG emissions to the EPA
• American Water was accepted into the Climate
  Leaders Partnership on January 19, 2006
• For more information and a list of Climate
  Leaders partners, visit www.epa.gov/climateleader
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Inventory of AWs 2008 Green House Gas Emissions
1. Emissions in metric tons CO2e includes CO2,
N2O and methane emissions 2. Natural gas, diesel,
and fuel oil 3. Fleet 4. Biogas leakage from
anaerobic digesters 5. Leakage of air
conditioning refrigerant
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Solar Energy

• The Canal Road 589.05 KiloWatt ground-mounted
  system includes 3,366 175 watt-DC single
  crystalline solar panels and covers almost 3
  acres of land in two arrays
• Supplements approximately 17 of the peak usage
  power by supplying 695,079 KiloWatt-hours of AC
  power.
• Saves approximately 105,990 a year in reduced
  energy costs
• Eliminates 493,835 pounds (224 metric tons) of
  CO2e per year
• Augmented by a 109.12 KiloWatt system anchored to
  the top of the Filtered Water Reservoir.
• Consists of 352 310 watt-DC semi-crystalline
  solar panel
• Supplements approximately 3.6 of the peak power
  usage
• Supplies 123,262 KiloWatt-hours of AC power.
• Saves approximately 14,250 a year in reduced
  energy costs
• Equivalent to saving 66,709 gallons of gasoline,
  preserving 4.1 acres of trees from deforestation,
  saving 1,367 barrels of oil, or the amount of
  carbon sequestered by planting 15,069 trees.

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Water Conservation / Reuse

• Maximize conservation efforts
• Education Public Regulatory
• Conservation tariff structures
• Reduce Lost Water Leak detection
• WaterSense
• In Camden, NJ we are working with the St.
  Josephs Carpenter Society to demonstrate water
  saving appliances and fixtures
• Maximize reuse opportunities
• Annually AW recycles nearly 2 billion gallons of
  water
• On-going research on reuse water quality

Big Buba saved 11 million gallons/yr Northwest
Valley Regional Water Reclamation Facility
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED)

• Geothermal Heating and Cooling (Using the Water
  Wells)
• Pervious Pavement to reduce storm water run off
• Native Grass Planting 15-16 of the 40 site
  acres will be planted Summer 2009
• 80 of the occupied space in the plant will have
  direct sunlight
• New facility will be zero discharge, everything
  will be brought back to the front of the plant,
  including water off the sludge lagoons. Sanitary
  wastes will be treated through an on-site septic
  system
• Dark sky lighting will be used in the parking
  areas to reduce fugitive light emissions from
  leaving site
• Recycled materials were used in the new plant
  construction including recycled aggregate and
  steel
• Construction Waste was recycled during the
  building process
• Bicycle Parking and a dedicated parking spot for
  a hybrid vehicle
• Water efficient fixtures
• Variable Frequency Drive Motors to reduce
  electricity consumption
• Tracking and recycle of construction debris
• Low VOC Paint

Champaign Water Treatment Plant West Lafayette
Treatment Facility
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Thank You for Your Attention
Contact Information
Mark W. LeChevallier, Ph.D. Director, Innovation
Environmental Stewardship American Water 1025
Laurel Oak Road Voorhees, NJ 08043 USA phone
[phone] fax [phone] e-mail
mark.lechevallier_at_amwater.com
Environmental Stewardship
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Residuals Management

• Water and wastewater treatment plant residuals
  beneficially reused rather than sent to
  landfill
• Reduces cost by 10 - 70
• Conserves landfill capacity
• Reduces trucking of waste material
• Agronomic Value
• Soil Conditioner
• Reduce Fertilizer Application
• Binds phosphorus run-off

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Carbon Baseline
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AW pump energy/GHGe saving opportunities

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• Where
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• Q volumetric flow rate
• unit weight of the water
• h pump head
• ? pump efficiency

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• Increase motor and drive efficiency
• Increase pumping efficiency
• Q Pump less water
• Decrease leakage and other NRW
• Water Conservation
• h Optimize pressure management