作为坦帕市能效项目初始阶段的一部分，对希尔斯堡河水处理厂（HRWTP）的潜在泵送系统改造进行了可行性研究。可行性研究的主要目标如下:确定水处理厂现有泵送系统的最佳短期运行方式；确定最具成本效益的、长期的方式来驱动和操作抽油机；详细描述转换为推荐操作方法所需的设施； 并提供拟议设施的成本估算，并建议实施时间表。通过努力提高这两个主要抽水系统的效率，该市已采取措施减少不断增加的能源成本带来的影响。坦帕高厂用水泵改造和评估结果充分证明，定期、详细的水泵评估可以节省市政供水系统的大量能源成本，确保最大效率，并从提高水泵系统效率中快速收回成本。

As part of the initial phase of the energy efficiency program for the City of Tampa, a feasibility study of potential pumping system modification at the Hillsborough River Water Treatment Plant (HRWTP) was performed. The feasibility study had the following major objectives: determine the optimum short-term means of operating the existing pumping system at the water treatment plant; determine the most cost-effective, long-term means to power and operate the pumping units; describe in detail the facilities needed to convert to the recommended method of operation; and provide a cost estimate of the proposed facilities, and recommend an implementation schedule. By working to improve the efficiency of the two major pumping systems, the city has taken steps to reduce the effect of continuously increasing energy costs. The Tampa high-service pump modifications and evaluation results are dramatic evidence that regularly scheduled, detailed pump evaluations can save municipal water systems substantial energy costs, assure maximum efficiency and provide rapid cost recovery from improvements to pumping system efficiency.