Worldwide Power Products Helping Water And Wastewater Facility with Emergency Power Equipment

EDP Ensures Continuity Of Water And
Wastewater Treatment Supply With WPP
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Environmental Development Partners, LLC (EDP), a contract
operator of water and wastewater facilities, knows that providing
water and sewer service to the communities they serve is
mission critical. In the event of a power outage, pumping stations
and other infrastructure rely on standby generators.
EDP also recognizes that a professional maintenance program
must be followed to ensure that emergency power equipment will
function as intended at the time it is needed most, and that
subsequent failure during testing-or startup-is not an option.
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As a result, EDP selected Worldwide Power Products (WPP) to
provide its best-practices maintenance and testing services for 22
standby units that EDP oversees.

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The Scenario
"In the water industry, generators provide backup power in the
absence of product availability from the main utility provider,"
says EDP Area Manager Jim Ferguson. "If a facility's main-line
power is lost and the generator doesn't come on, it is possible
that the water service in a Municipal Utility District (MUD) can
suspend abruptly.
It has to come on, which is why it is so crucial that generators are
maintained properly and that someone verifies they are in
working order on a continual basis.“
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If water facilities can't function during a power outage, it's more
than a matter of inconvenience, says Ferguson. It literally puts the
public's health at stake.
"During Hurricane Ike, there were some utilities in the Houston
area that hadn't purchased generators, and rental units were not
readily available," he says. "Sewage was overflowing into the
streets and their communities had no running water."

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The Solution
Ferguson began working with WPP in July 2012 after discussing
WPP's service offerings with Vice President of Rental and
Service Scott Spidle. Initially, WPP's involvement was limited to
responding to interim failures.
After several of these incidents-and an ongoing need for backup
power once a month (on average) due to miscellaneous wind
and rain events-Ferguson decided the 11 MUDs under his
management needed a more structured program for
maintenance and testing.
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"Having this maintenance program in place is a part of my
hurricane preparedness plan, and it allows me to have the
confidence to report to each respective MUD's governing board
that their system is ready for a long-term power outage," says Mr.
Ferguson.
Since signing Ferguson's standby generators for WPP's
preventive maintenance and testing program, Spidle has also met
with the other MUD managers at EDP to offer WPP's
services, signing several to the program. (Each manager at EDP
selects his or her own maintenance provider.) "Scott worked really
hard to obtain our business," says Ferguson. "No other generator
service company is knocking on our doors-not even the ones we
were already working with. Scott's persistence is one of the
reasons I switched over to WPP."

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Even before WPP and EDP signed their service
agreement, Ferguson says, WPP went above and beyond normal
expectations to assist him. "During the Christmas holidays when
everyone shuts down, I had a unit that needed service and I called
Scott," says Ferguson.
"He sent the WPP service manager out that afternoon to look at
the unit, and the next day he had a crew out servicing the
equipment. When Scott tells you he is going to do something, he
will make it happen-you can count on it. I knew by his confidence
in what service WPP could provide that I could rely on their work."

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About the Client
Environmental Development Partners, LLC (EDP) caters to
municipal utility districts and privately owned utilities, operating
water and wastewater infrastructure on a contract
basis, providing services from supplying drinking water and
sewer system operation to regulatory compliance and 24-hour
emergency response. As of May 2013, EDP provided its services
to approximately 60 utilities in the greater Houston area. Locally
owned and operated, EDP is recognized for providing
professional, innovative and efficient operations service and has
been satisfying customers since 2001.
For more information, visit www.edpwater.com.
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At Worldwide Power Products, we specialize in power
generation equipment including over 100 new and used engines
and generator sets for the industrial, marine, and petroleum
industries.
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