Cummins Case Studies
THE CHALLENGE The southern US state of Louisiana is no stranger to hurricanes. In the fall of 2020, it endured its most active storm season ever, including the fiercest storm to make landfall in the state for over 100 years—Hurricane Laura. The Category 4 storm swept through southwest Louisiana on August 27, causing massive damage across the cities of Sulphur and nearby Lake Charles and the
THE POWER CHALLENGE Located on the Fox River in De Pere, a southern suburb of Green Bay in Wisconsin, the NEW Water wastewater treatment facility provides treatment services to De Pere and several surrounding communities. The average flow received at the facility is 8 million gallons per day. Built in 1976, the NEW Water plant was relying solely on a dual feed supply from the local uti
Overview Challenge: Provide an emergency standby power system solution that would support the expansion of the water treatment plant in Oman approximately doubling capacity from 57,000 to 125,000 m3/ day for the treatment plant and from 130,000 to 260,000 m3/day for the pumping station using a “single-window system” capability. Cummins Solution:
Overview Challenge: Ecologically sensitive city required reliable standby power for sewage collection system upgrade to increase safety and reduce the risk of sewage backup. Cummins Solution: Seven Cummins generators ranging from 20 kW to 200 kW, with a sound-attenuated enclosures and compact footprint and transfer switches. Result:
Overview Challenge: A large regional water treatment plant wanted to ensure that water would continue flowing to more than 200,000 residents even if the electric utility failed. Solution: Cummins provided a complete standby power system solution that included two 2.7 MW diesel generator sets for a total capacity of 5.4 MW as well as transfer sw
Overview Challenge: A substantial redevelopment project in the town of Wayzata, Minnesota was going to bring hundreds of new apartments, additional office space and a small hotel. All of that required an expanded wastewater system with larger lift stations. One of the larger lift stations would handle wastewater for about half the town. Reliable standby po