How Do Multi-Site Property Managers Handle Sewer Credits?
Managing sewer credits across multiple properties requires a systematic approach. Learn how portfolio managers scale their credit programs efficiently.
Author: Mark Mason
Mark Mason writes about commercial water management, sewer credits, and cooling tower operations for RPM Water Equity Solutions. RPM helps commercial buildings stop paying sewer charges on water that never reaches the sewer — recovering credits through submetering, evaporation credit programs, and 24/7 water monitoring, backed by 200+ utility partnerships across 36 states.
Can Hotels Get Sewer Credits for Laundry and Pool Water?
Hotels have unique water uses that may qualify for sewer credits beyond cooling towers. Learn which hotel water uses qualify and how to document them.
What Happens If I Don’t Comply with BMP 10?
BMP 10 sets California’s cooling tower water efficiency standards. Learn what non-compliance means for your building and how to get into compliance.
How Do Sewer Credits Help With ESG Reporting?
Sewer credit programs generate the metering data and water reduction metrics that strengthen your building’s ESG reporting. Learn how they connect.
What Is WUE? Water Usage Effectiveness Explained
Water usage effectiveness (WUE) explained: The Green Grid formula, site vs source WUE, industry averages, benchmarks, and how WUE ties to sewer savings.
Water Submetering for Data Centers: A Practical Guide
What to meter, which meter types to use, and the AWWA accuracy standards that apply: a practical data center water submetering guide for WUE and sewer credits.
How Data Centers Can Cut Water and Sewer Costs
Seven proven ways data centers can cut water and sewer costs, from evaporation credits and cycles of concentration to leak detection and reclaimed water.
Evaporation Credits for Data Centers: Sewer Savings
Evaporative cooling sends most data center water into the air, yet sewer bills assume it all drains. See how evaporation credits recover the overpayments.
Data Center Cooling Water: Where Millions of Gallons Go
Where data center cooling water really goes: evaporation, blowdown, drift, and cycles of concentration, plus why evaporated gallons never reach the sewer.
How Much Water Does a Data Center Use? Numbers & Benchmarks
US data centers used about 17 billion gallons of water in 2023. See per-facility benchmarks, WUE ranges, and why sewer bills overstate what you return.