City saves money with double-duty standby generator set from Cummins

By Adam Sidders, Marketing Communications Leader, Power Systems

City of Wayzata

The village of Wayzata enjoys a picturesque location on the northeastern shore of beautiful Lake Minnetonka, west of Minneapolis, Minnesota (U.S.A). Like most towns it has a sewer system with lift stations to carry wastewater to treatment facilities. Unlike most towns, it also has a municipally owned restaurant and liquor store, known affectionately to the locals as The Muni. These city entities share an innovative solution for standby power.

When town officials met with Cummins to develop a standby power plan for their expanded wastewater system with larger lift stations, it was determined that a 150 kW model was the best fit for the lift station’s 125 kW power needs.

Inventive thinking on the part of city staff led to the realization that the extra 25 kW of capacity could be put to good use providing standby power for the coolers and cash registers at the city’s restaurant and wine shop, since The Muni was located close to the site of the new lift station. Cummins sales engineer Doug Abrahamson worked with city engineering staff to develop the detailed 60-page design specifications for the novel double-duty backup system.

Read more on the Wayzata case study at cummins.com. 
 

Author Profiles

Adam Sidders Marketing Communications Leader Power Systems

Adam Sidders, Marketing Communications Leader, Power Systems

Adam Sidders is the Marketing Communications Leader for the Power Systems Business Unit of Cummins Inc. Prior to joining Cummins in 2012 Adam worked in Financial Services for Europe’s largest independently owned insurer as their Marketing and Communications Manager. adam.sidders@cummins.com

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