Solar energy to be main energy source for wastewater treatment |

The recently-cut ribbon fluttered in two in front of a lot the size of a football field of more than 850 solar panels, promising thousands of dollars saved for Lafayette in energy costs.The energy generated by the solar field will reduce carbon dioxide every year equal to planting 340 trees or taking 73 cars and 5 tanker trucks of gasoline off the roads: around 340 metric ton, said Maithilee Das from Greeley and Hansen, an environmental engineering firm specializing in waste and wastewater management, according to its website.“And if you’re like me, and you don’t know what a metric ton looks like, 340 of those metric tons would occupy 71 Olympic-sized swimming pools,” she said. “So just think about that impact it’s making per year.” There was a…

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