Enhanced Nutrient Removal Wastewater Treatment Facility
The Town of Easton's new Enhanced Nutrient Removal Wastewater Treatment Facility is one of Maryland's most environmentally friendly facilities.   It has been designed to meet Easton's wastewater needs to 2030 while significantly reducing the level of nitrogen and phosphorus discharged into the Chesapeake Bay.  The facility is designed to meet or exceed Chesapeake Bay water quality goals by reducing annual concentrations of nitrogen to 3 milligrams per liter (mg/l) and phosphorus to 0.3 mg/l-a reduction of 70 percent and 88 percent respectively.

Soy-Based Transformer Oil
Easton Utilities has replaced 30,000 gallons of oil in three power transformers with an environmentally friendly soy-based substitute, Envirotemp FR3.  Easton Utilities purchased one new transformer that uses the new oil, and will retro-fill two others.  Converting to the soy-based oil not only improved safety and performance, but also helped reduce project costs by nearly $60,000.

Grease Traps/ Fats, Oil & Grease Program (FOG)
Grease damaged sewer lines are a significant problem that impacts our community's infrastructure.  Fats, oils, and greases from cooking, food preparation, and dishwashing cause considerable damage to sewer lines. Over time, this damage impairs our wastewater treatment facility and can cause raw sewage overflows into the Chesapeake Bay. 
Help Prevent Sewer Backups: Don't pour grease or oil down your drain. Even when you use hot water, grease and oil block sewer lines and can cause sewage overflows into rivers and the Bay. Instead, put greases and oils into containers, like empty soup cans, and dispose of them properly in the trash.

Wetlands on Wheels
Easton Utilities supports Environmental Concern's Wetland Mobile Classroom that travels to Eastern Shore Schools in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia educating students on environmental concerns.

Renewable sources for your electricity
Over 4 percent of your electricity comes from renewable resources. Of the electricity that Easton Utilities purchases, and that you use everyday, 2 percent comes from a combination of solar, wind, biomass, methane from a landfill or wastewater treatment plant, geothermal, and ocean, including energy from waves, tides, currents, and/or thermal differences. Another 2.5 percent is generated using sources from hydroelectric power, poultry litter and/or waste-to-energy. All Maryland utilities are required to include renewable energy sources in their portfolios. The percentage of renewables in utility portfolios is slated to increase to 9.5 percent by 2022.

Easton Utilities Electric Department saves money and helps preserve the environment by using recycled transformer pads
As part of its ongoing efforts to protect the environment, the Easton Utilities Electric Department has switched to transformer pads made from recycled plastic.  Under every green, pad-mounted transformer, where  electrical wires are connected, is a transformer pad.  These pads are typically manufactured from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, but recently Easton Utilities began installing pads made from 100 percent specially formulated recycled HDPE.  These pads consist of recycled water bottles, milk jugs, detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, motor oil containers, and other materials that surpass industry standards for strength, durability and quality.  Better yet, the new pads cost about 13 percent less than the old pads.

"With an eye to the future we continue to search for new ways to serve our customers and improve the environment," said Arnold R. Boughner, Jr., manager of the Easton Utilities Electric Department.  In 2007 Easton Utilities also began using Bio-Diesel fuel in its fleet of service vehicles and retro-filling power transformers with environmentally friendly soy-based oil, Envirotemp FR3.