With water and sewer costs running at almost 2% of revenue for typical TRSA member laundries, such annual costs easily exceed $100,000 per plant. Recent TRSA webinars and Production Summit sessions have helped participants control these expenses. These programs have delivered timely insights in light of increasing fees as local water authorities seek greater revenues to contend with fresh-water supply scarcity and infrastructure improvements.

TRSA has long advised operators to ensure that their sewer invoices are credited for evaporation, i.e., you only pay for the wastewater that the POTW actually processes. A July 2013 webinar by TRSA’s Bill ...