Community Village of Cascade

Village of Cascade, Wisconsin USA

Powering Wastewater Treatment Plants with Wind—A Smart Investment

Faced with rising power costs and a volatile energy future, the Village of Cascade trustees were determined to offer forward thinking solutions to the same dogged question—how to pay for their community’s assets? The answer was apparently blowing in the wind and across a small hill where the village’s wastewater treatment plant is located. Two community friendly Northern Power 100 wind turbines were purchased to generate all the energy required to power the facility’s aeration system, making it the first net-zero energy wastewater plant in the state of Wisconsin. The Village of Cascade will save approximately $30,000 a year with their two Northern Power 100 turbines, a significant amount for a community with an annual town budget of $330,000.

Check out an article in Treatment Plant Operator magazine featuring the Village of Cascade.

Read the full case study (PDF)